An 11-year-old girl abducted in Springfield was found safe and her alleged kidnapper arrested Wednesday evening after an Amber Alert was issued amid an hourslong search, Massachusetts State Police said.

A South Bay security guard is being hailed as a hero for stepping in and stopping a crime. Police say a 70-year-old man was allegedly sexually assaulting a young teenager in a parking lot. Ian Cull reports.

San Jose police, with the help of a security guard, arrested a 70-year-old man this week on suspicion of kidnapping and molesting a 13-year-old girl that he was hired to drive home from school, according to the police department. Sonja Shin reports.

San Jose police, with the help of a security guard, arrested a 70-year-old man this week on suspicion of kidnapping and molesting a 13-year-old girl, according to the police department.

A 7-year-old who claimed he was almost kidnapped Monday afternoon at knifepoint near Meadowlands Park in Vacaville fabricated the story, police said. Police announced on Tuesday that the boy, who wasn’t identified, made it up. Police didn’t say if he was or will be charged with a crime. According to police, dispatch received a call just before 3 p.m....

A 7-year-old was apparently almost kidnapped Monday afternoon near Meadowlands Park in Vacaville, police said. Police received a call just before 3 p.m. from a concerned guardian who said a stranger tried to kidnap the boy at knifepoint. Police said they flooded the area with officers to search for the suspect. The boy was apparently walking on a path to…

A kidnapping victim was found safe and a suspect has been arrested after Las Vegas police released security camera footage of a woman being taken by the suspect.

A 16-year-old girl was grabbed off a Bronx street right in front of her mother Monday night — and police are investigating the case as a possible kidnapping, authorities say. An Amber Alert was issued at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

A Good Samaritan helped prevent the kidnapping of an 11-year-old girl in South San Francisco, police said.

Body camera footage released Tuesday shows the tense moments a Utah state trooper spotted a kidnapping suspect’s van on Interstate 15 in Cedar City, where the lawman conducted a traffic stop and encountered the suspect, two other adults, and the victims.

A Moreno Valley man is suspected of carjacking a vehicle, posing as a rideshare driver and then kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman in Temecula, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department announced Tuesday.

A New Hampshire man faced a judge on Monday after he allegedly offered a young teen’s parents cash to “buy” their daughter before trying to drag her away at a popular tourist area in Boston on Sunday.

A woman was sentenced Wednesday to 13 years in prison for kidnapping the three young children of her murdered half-sister, whose body was found last year in northern Los Angeles County.

A California man suspected of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend has been taken into custody in Las Vegas, authorities said Tuesday night.

A Santa Barbara County woman who was allegedly kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend was found safe Monday night in Nevada.

A man kidnapped a woman in Sylmar Wednesday, grabbing her by the hair and throwing her into a minivan in a violent abduction caught on camera. The kidnapping occurred about 12:30 p.m. in the area of El Dorado Avenue and El Cajon Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Police released video of the abduction in an attempt to...

Los Angeles County authorities say two juveniles found in a car with guns and live ammunition told authorities they were attempting to take part in a kidnapping prank.

Authorities say a convicted felon who was a suspect in the kidnapping and killing of a Swedish exchange student who disappeared in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1982 has been long dead.

A colorful kidnapping story told by a 10-year-old on Friday involving a red car and a green dragon tattoo is false, according to Valley police.

Police have arrested a man on suspicion of abducting his daughters, hours after he returned with them to Rohnert Park.