An Ann Arbor man is accused of making up an elaborate story about being kidnapped at gunpoint from his apartment in May, then forced to withdraw money from banks and held overnight at an apartment complex. Damian Jonathan Adams, 39, of Pear Street, is charged with filing a false report ...
A York Township woman wanted by the FBI on charges she kidnapped her infant daughter and fled to New Zealand is now accused of passing fraudulent money orders. Bianca Ellen Ormsby, 21, is charged with passing a counterfeit obligation or security, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court ...
A Sterling Heights man faces faces trial on nine counts, including torture, criminal sexual conduct and unlawful imprisonment after his former girlfriend's testimony in court Thursday, the Daily Press and Argus reported. Through tears, the Whitmore Lake woman testified that Brandon Jay Smith, 23, cut her, kidnapped her and raped ...
The FBI is searching for a York Township woman who agents say kidnapped her infant daughter in March and fled to New Zealand, federal court records show. Bianca Ellen Ormsby, 21, of Beaver Crossing Lane, is charged with international parental kidnapping, according to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday in federal ...
T.G.I. Friday's in Brighton is holding a benefit Thursday evening to raise funds for a Whitmore Lake woman injured after she was abducted earlier this month. Courtney Beard is still recovering from the ordeal, officials say. Her former boyfriend, Brandon Smith, is accused of kidnapping her at knifepoint as she ...
An Ypsilanti Township man is accused of forcing two people he knows into a car at gunpoint and holding them captive for more than seven hours, Washtenaw County sheriff's deputies said. Mahran Hesham Abed, 24, is charged with aggravated domestic assault and identity fraud, Washtenaw County jail records show. He ...
A man accused of kidnapping the mother of his children outside the Green Oak Township restaurant where she worked was arraigned on multiple felony charges Monday and was ordered held without bond. Brandon Jay Smith, 23, faces charges that include kidnapping, torture, three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, unlawful ...
A Whitmore Lake woman who police say was kidnapped by the father of her children and driven to northern lower Michigan remains hospitalized after surgery for a severe cut, police say. The suspect, 23-year-old Brandon Smith, was returned to the Livingston County Jail Saturday. Green Oak Township police say they ...
A woman missing since a New Year's Day confrontation with the father of her children outside a Green Oak Township restaurant was found injured this morning in northern Michigan, police say. Courtney Beard was injured and suffering from hypothermia when officers from the Antrim County Sheriff's Department found her at ...
An Eastern Michigan University student reported he and another student were kidnapped and robbed by a gunman who jumped into their vehicle early today, Ypsilanti police said. The 18-year-old said he and the other student were forced to drive to two ATMs in the city to withdraw $300 cash for ...
A 67-year-old Ypsilanti Township man accused of holding a woman in a van against her will and assaulting her was arrested Sunday, Washtenaw County sheriff's deputies said. The man spent the day with the 35-year-old woman, and she asked to be dropped off Sunday night, a sheriff's department incident summary ...
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