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Tag: Kidnap Victim Rescued-Sentencing

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Bloods Gang Leader Gets Life in Botched Kidnapping of Prosecutor’s Father

by Associated PressNovember 10, 2016January 25, 2022

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A violent gang leader will spend his remaining years in the country’s highest-security prison for orchestrating a botched kidnapping in which his underlings mistakenly grabbed the […]

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Reputed Gangster: Gang Knowledge Lacking at Kidnapping Trial

by Stephanie CornishJune 6, 2016January 25, 2022

Bloods street gang member Kelvin Melton, 51, will stand trial this week for allegedly helping to orchestrate the kidnapping of the father of a prosecutor who put him behind bars […]

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NC High Ranking ‘Bloods’ Inmate Charged in Kidnapping of DA’s Father

by Michael BieseckerApril 11, 2014January 25, 2022

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina inmate described as a high-ranking member of the Bloods street gang faces a federal kidnapping charge after authorities say he used a smuggled […]

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