President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is considering pardons for the men convicted in the 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, raising new questions about the case’s handling and fairness. Trump, speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, described the trial as a possible “railroad job” and suggested the men may have been treated unfairly.
Three illegal immigrants, including a previously deported felon, have been arrested in connection with the armed kidnapping of a young mother and her one-year-old daughter in Garner, North Carolina. FBI agents and local authorities acted swiftly to apprehend all suspects within days of the abduction.
All 11 students from West Hill High School in Syracuse, New York, accused of orchestrating a violent hazing incident have surrendered to authorities, according to the Onondaga County District Attorney’s Office. The students, members of the school's varsity lacrosse team, now face misdemeanor charges of unlawful imprisonment after accepting a 48-hour surrender deal. Without it, they could have faced felony kidnapping charges.
A victim was rescued, and a suspect was arrested early Friday morning after police located a stolen vehicle tied to a kidnapping in Chicago’s south suburbs.
