Abduction

Cops: Washington Heights Abduction Was Surprise Birthday Hoax

Police spent the weekend looking for a man and a woman who witnesses said were kidnapped by two men in a dark-colored minivan just before 7 p.m. Friday near 173rd Street and Haven Avenue.

2013/04/01

Police Seek To Identify Man, Woman Who May Have Been Abducted In Washington Heights

Police on Sunday were asking the public to help identify two possible kidnapping victims who may have been kidnapped in Washington Heights.

2013/03/31

Police Search For Suspects In Washington Heights Abduction

Police on Saturday were asking for the public’s help in finding two suspects who are believed to have abducted an unidentified man and woman in Washington Heights.

2013/03/30

Police Continue Search For Suspect In Attempted Abduction Of Bronx Girl

Around 8 a.m. Thursday, a man attempted to lure an 8-year-old girl into following him as she was walking up to the steps of P.S. 33 on Jerome Avenue near Fordham Road, police said.

2013/02/22

AMBER Alert; suspect Fitz Edwards, missing boy Nahzir Edwards, missing girl Mlyliah Edwards (credit: handout)

2 Bronx Children Found Safe After AMBER Alert; Police Search For Suspect

A man fired a shot at the mother of his two children, carjacked a driver in the Bronx and fled with the youngsters — prompting an AMBER Alert Sunday.

2012/11/18

Sirus Kashimallak (credit: Nassau County Police)

Police Arrest Suspect In Connection With Great Neck Abduction

Two weeks ago, authorities said a 38-year-old woman was sitting on a bench waiting for the bus in Great Neck when a man with a gun kidnapped her.

2011/12/03

Brooklyn Man Holding Hostages, Police Say

A Brooklyn man told police he is holding hostages and now police are seeking help in solving the mystery.

2011/04/02

NJ Woman Believed Abducted Has Been Found

Police have more questions than answers after finding a Jersey shore woman who witnesses said was abducted.

2010/11/03

Police Search For Missing N.J. Woman

Investigators hoped to get clues from the woman’s car in Paterson.

2010/11/02

Boy, 4, Nearly Abducted From Manhattan Sidewalk

Police in Manhattan are searching for a man who tried to abduct a four-year-old boy on an East Village street in broad daylight.

2010/10/28

Police: Conn. Girl’s Abduction A Hoax

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Police in Connecticut say a 13-year-old New Haven girl has admitted that she made up a story about being kidnapped from her home and assaulted by a stranger. New Haven […]

2010/09/16

Police say a man from Fort Greene, Brooklyn was abducted and robbed by a man posing as a corrections officer on August 26, 2010.

Cops: Fake Corrections Officer Abducted, Robbed Brooklyn Man

Police are hunting down a man they say is posing as a New York City corrections officer. Investigators say the fraud forced a man into his car and then robbed him.

2010/09/01