'Santa' Charged With Kidnapping Girl
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COLUMBIA, S.C. - A 55-year-old man dressed as Santa Claus forced an 8-year-old girl to ride in his motorcycle's sidecar for several minutes and was charged with kidnapping, authorities said.
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A man accused of kidnapping two Missouri boys and holding one for more than four years will face more charges on Monday, a prosecutor said.
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A NASA astronaut who made headlines for driving hundreds of kilometers (miles) in diapers to confront a love rival has been charged with attempted kidnapping, but not attempted murder, court records showed on Friday.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A father was charged with burglary and grand theft after he took presents from underneath a day care's Christmas tree, police said.  Carl M.
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A US man accused of kidnapping a young boy and holding him for four years is charged with 69 counts of sexual assault.
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A family friend was charged with kidnapping a 6-year-old girl who disappeared after riding her bicycle to a grocery store.
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HOUSTON - The father of three children went from playing Santa Claus to playing the Grinch after he determined his children were being naughty instead of nice, and taught them a lesson on by auctioning their presents on eBay.  And they'd better watch out - the tree may come down, too.
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MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Nearly two and half years after little Rilya Wilson disappeared without a trace, police have charged her main caregiver with kidnapping and child abuse.
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LANGLEY, B.C. (CP) - Police have arrested a man in the kidnapping and sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl that frightened this suburban Vancouver community last week.
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Six West Virginia residents have been charged with kidnapping, torturing and sexually assaulting a Charleston woman for at least a week, the Logan County Sheriff's Department said Monday.
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By Jim Stingl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Dec. 15--A heartwarming story about Santa Claus and a sick child named Sarah has been circulating for a few years on the Internet, and it's just vague and miraculous enough to sound like an urban legend.
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Eighteen people, mainly French and Spanish, face charges over the alleged attempted child abduction.
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Florida prosecutors charged an astronaut Friday with trying to kidnap a romantic rival, but they declined to file an attempted murder charge recommended by police. Lisa Nowak, 43, was formally charged almost a month after she was arrested at an Orlando airport parking lot.
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MIAMI - Two women who cared for a still-missing Florida girl were charged Wednesday with abusing her before she vanished, placing her in an animal cage and tying her to her bed.
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Six people, all white, including a mother and son and a mother and daughter, have been arrested in connection with the alleged abduction of the 23-year-old black woman
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ATLANTA - A man dressed as Santa Claus was charged with assault Friday, accused of using a board to strike a 74-year-old woman in the face and head, police said.
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Suspect tried to blackmail girl's parents, says paper, in what could be first big development in weeks.