Kidnapping

Carlee Russell’s former boyfriend Thomar Latrell Simmons denied knowing about her kidnapping hoax and shut down rumors he was the reason she disappeared over his alleged involvement with a stripper.

He called it “Operation Take Over,” with a list that included a chilling reminder to go after women who wouldn’t be missed to avoid “any kind of an investigation,” according to the FBI.

The couple spotted fugitive Leonard Lamar Neal getting on a bus on July 7, who had been on the run for nearly a month, wanted for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl.

Amid the ongoing investigation of Carlee Russell’s mysterious disappearance, her boyfriend Thomar Latrell Simmons has spoken out to ask “everyone to stop bullying her” online.

A Cleburne man is behind on bars on federal charges after authorities say he kidnapped and sexually assaulted a San Antonio teenager. Newly obtained documents outline a crime that took 61-year-old Steven Sablan from Tarrant County to California where a hastily scribbled note and good Samaritans led to the rescue of the 13-year-old girl.

A man accused of kidnapping a 6-year-old at a Miami apartment complex was arrested after the young girl was able to fight him off, police said.

Ring video captured cries for help during what police are calling an attempted kidnapping in Miami Sunday morning.

Dallas Police are asking for the public’s help tracking down the man they accuse of kidnapping and sexual assault in the abduction of two children.

A 62-year-old man is in the Tarrant County Jail, accused of attempting to kidnap a young girl in Crowley, police say.

Police reports revealed more about the suspect accused of trying to kidnap a little girl in Crowley that was caught on camera.

A man is in custody after Tarrant County authorities say he tried to kidnap a child and led deputies on a pursuit. NBC 5’s Lili Zheng has the story.

A man is in custody after Tarrant County authorities say he tried to kidnap a child and led deputies on a pursuit.

A cold front will move through North Texas Friday bringing a slight severe weather risk with it. As the front moves into the DFW area Friday afternoon, a few storms will develop.

First shock, then fear that she may never see her child again. The mother of the 6-month-old kidnapped during a car theft earlier is speaking out. She tells NBC 5’s Alicia Barrera how her infant is doing and what she has to say to the suspect.

First shock, then fear that she may never see her child again. The mother of the 6-month-old kidnapped during a car theft earlier is speaking out.

A prosecutor says a hostage rescue in Houston in which one person was fatally shot on Thursday first began days ago when three migrants were kidnapped from a vehicle in a neighboring county.

The mother of the 13-year-old girl kidnapped and sexually assaulted by a man in North Carolina tracked her daughter’s online activity.

Four Americans were kidnapped in Mexico earlier this week, and the two surviving members of this group are back on US soil.

The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for the return of four Americans thought to be kidnapped in an attack in Mexico on Friday.

An arrest warrant filed in Denton County details how Little Elm and Dallas police managed to rescue a missing teen and arrest a truck driver in her disappearance.