Authorities Trying to Free Child
Authorities at this hour say they are still trying to free a six year-old boy being held captive by a gunman in Dale County, Alabama. Continue reading…
View ArticleGunman Dead After Holding Five Firefighters Hostage in Georgia
The man who held five firefighters hostage in Suwanee, Ga. earlier on Wednesday has been shot and killed by SWAT members. Four hostages are slightly injured, but authorities say they should be OK....
View ArticleFrench Priest and Hostage, Georges Vandenbeusch, Freed
PARIS (AP) — The French president's office says that a priest kidnapped in Cameroon in mid-November has been set free. Continue reading…
View ArticleAmerican Released After Being Held in Syria Since 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — The release of a freelance reporter who had been held hostage for nearly two years by an al-Qaida-linked group in Syria comes just days after the U.S. was rocked by the beheading of...
View ArticleFather Allegedly Shoots Son After Fight, Takes Wife Hostage
A Watson man was arrested after allegedly shooting his son and taking his wife hostage on Saturday. Continue reading…
View ArticleFrench Tourist Herve Gourdel Beheaded by Algerian Jihadists
A jihadist group has just released video showing the beheading of a French citizen who was abducted this weekend in Algeria. Continue reading…
View ArticleHostage Situation at Lindt Cafe in Sydney, Australia is Over
SYDNEY (AP) — Police say a hostage situation in Sydney is over after a swarm of heavily armed police stormed a downtown cafe where a gunman had been holding an unknown number of people. Continue reading…
View Article81-Year-Old Veteran Held Hostage in New York Motel for Years
HIGHLANDS, N.Y. (AP) — A New York man is accused of holding an 81-year-old Marine Corps veteran hostage in an upstate motel room for at least four years in order to steal his benefits checks. Continue...
View ArticleHeld Hostage for Days, Beaten with Tools: Cops Arrest CNY Man
The Otsego County Sheriff's Office has arrested an Otsego County man on several charges while the victim is hospitalized in a Central New York trauma center with multiple fractures and contusions....
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