The suspects allegedly came from Arizona, California, and Florida, planned the crime meticulously, then carried it out so lackadaisically that it virtually guaranteed they’d be arrested.
Federal prosecutors in Miami have secured an indictment against six people, including two Bay Area residents, on charges of kidnapping two children and two adults and attempting to collect $100,000 ransom for them, court records show.
Mohammead Ahmed Khan, Christopher Alan Baird, Joe Nathan Hightower, Luu Nguyen Dieu Hong, Joseph Christopher Ricard, and Trang Nguyen now face additional charges of conspiracy and kidnapping, while Hong, Ricard, Baird, and Nguyen are charged with stalking and possessing guns in furtherance of a violent crime, court records show.
Then they allegedly carried out the crime so haphazardly their arrests were practically a foregone conclusion. “Over the course of the encounter, Victim Four stated used tape to cover her mouth and tie her hands, hit her in the chest, asked her if she was ready to die, and made repeated reference to her seeing her children for the ‘last time,’” prosecutors wrote in a motion to keep Ricard detained. “He also took Victim Four’s phone and used it to take ransom photos of the victims,” which were reportedly sent to the woman’s husband.
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