kidnapping

Prosecutors have charged two men with kidnapping a Verizon store employee from the driveway of his Loretto home, apparently so they could get his store keys.

A 39-year-old fugitive recently released from prison is accused of carjacking three vehicles, kidnapping two people and then crashing one of the cars in St. Paul.

A St. Cloud man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for holding his ex-girlfriend and her son at gunpoint.

A St. Cloud man has pleaded guilty to felony charges involving an incident where he held his ex-girlfriend and her son at gunpoint. 22-year-old Nimesh Patel pleaded guilty today to first degree burglary, kidnapping and second degree assault charges in exchange that three other charges be dropped.

A former Fairhaven Township man will be re-sentenced after the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled his sentence for trying to kill his wife was improperly calculated. 52-year-old Jerry Thompson was accused of going to his estranged wife's home in 2008, firing a gunshot at her and kidnapping her at gunpoint.