Women Pleads Not Guilty To Kidnapping Baby At Hospital
What is the Crime of Aggravated Kidnapping? (PC 209)
What is the Crime of Aggravated Kidnapping? (PC 209) Under California Penal Code Section 207, a kidnapping occurs when a person takes, holds, detains, or arrests another person in the state of California and carries that person into another country, state, county, or into another part of the same county by force or fear. Kidnapping is a serious criminal offense, but it is even more serious if you are facing…
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Will I Be Charged with False Imprisonment or Kidnapping?
Will I Be Charged with False Imprisonment or Kidnapping? Most people have heard of the crime of kidnapping under California Penal Code Section 207, but many people do not know that this crime can be committed when the victim is an adult. If that’s the case, then what makes kidnapping different from the crime of false imprisonment under Caifornia Penal Code Section 236? Let’s examine the differences between false imprisonment…
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Is Kidnapping a Federal Crime? (PC 207)
Is Kidnapping a Federal Crime? (PC 207) California Penal Code Section 207 defines kidnapping as when you take, detain, hold, or arrest another person and bring that person to another county, state, country, or another part of the same county using force or fear. So, if kidnapping involves taking a person across state or international lines, could it be a federal crime? Federal Kidnapping Charges (18 U.S.C. Section 1201) Kidnapping…
Read MoreThe Difference between Child Abduction and Kidnapping (PC 207)
The Difference between Child Abduction and Kidnapping (PC 207) Kidnapping and child abduction are two separate crimes, though both are felonies. Kidnapping is more serious than child abduction, but the two are often confused. Let’s take a look at the differences between kidnapping and child abduction. Child Abduction (PC 278) If you maliciously take or hide a child with the intent to keep that child from his or her legal…
Read MoreParental Kidnapping: It’s a Crime to Take Your Own Child (PC 278)
Parental Kidnapping: It’s a Crime to Take Your Own Child (PC 278) Many parents don’t realize that they can be charged with kidnapping their own child. In fact, in many kidnapping cases, the accused is more often related to the victim. Despite one’s good intentions, it is a serious felony in California to take your own child or hide the child from their legal guardian. Non-Custodial Detainment (PC 278) Under…
Read MoreKidnapping and Sex Trafficking in “Taken” has a Unique Set of Consequences
Kidnapping and Sex Trafficking in “Taken” has a Unique Set of Consequences The highly successful 2008 action thriller Taken, starring Liam Neeson, earned great critical praise for its electrifying stunts and moving plot. Audiences across the world marveled watching the main character, a former CIA operative, track down his kidnapped daughter in a wild goose chase around Europe. In the film, Neeson’s 17-year-old daughter and her friend are kidnapped while…
Read MoreArrested for kidnapping, what does the prosecution need to prove and is consent a defense?
Arrested for kidnapping, what does the prosecution need to prove, and is consent a defense? Recently in Los Angeles, several defendants have been charged with kidnapping after they allegedly abducted a music promoter who claimed he had a sex tape of the former Los Angeles Lakers center, Shaquille O’Neal. O’Neal is not charged or named in the criminal complaint. To prove that you are guilty of this crime, the People…
Read MoreAbductors Sentenced To 431 Years For Kidnapping And Sexual Assault Charges
Abductors Sentenced To 431 Years For Kidnapping And Sexual Assault Charges Phillip Garrido and his wife Nancy Garrido were sentenced in a California court for their crimes in the well known kidnapping and sexual assault of Jaycee Dugard. Dugard was abducted as a child in front of her family’s Lake Tahoe home. She was held captive by the Garrido’s for 18 years. Phillip Garrido was sentenced to 431 years to…
Read MoreNotorious Accused Kidnapper Pleads Not Guilty
Notorious Accused Kidnapper Pleads Not Guilty Phillip Garrido, who made international headlines in 2009 after being accused of holding a girl as a sex slave for over 20 years, entered a plea of not guilty this week in Northern California. He is charged with kidnapping an 11-year-old girl and keeping her locked up for over 20 years. The girl eventually gave birth to two children who were allegedly fathered by…
Read MoreWomen Pleads Not Guilty To Kidnapping Baby At Hospital
Women Pleads Not Guilty To Kidnapping Baby At Hospital Ann Pettway stands accused of kidnapping an infant from a New York Hospital area in 1987. Pettway entered a plea of not guilty on federal kidnapping charges at her arraignment on Thursday. Carlina White, the baby that was snatch in 1987, says she felt her entire life that she was being raised by a family that was not her own. She…
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