A Texas man pleaded guilty to kidnapping a rideshare driver and forcing him to drive to Miami Beach, Florida, to hold a social media influencer for ransom,...
The armed man made the driver take him from Arlington to Miami Beach as part of a plan to kidnap a social media influencer.A 24-year-old man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to forcing a rideshare driver at gunpoint to drive him more than 1,300 miles from Arlington to South Florida.to South Florida as part of a plan to kidnap a social media influencer for ransom, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida announced.
Miguel Alejandro Pastran Hernandez’s plea included charges of kidnapping, carjacking, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, according to a news release. About 10:30 p.m. Aug. 16, a rideshare driver picked up Pastran Hernandez near Arlington and dropped him off at a gas station that appeared to be closed. Shortly after, the driver heard the click of a gun and saw Pastran Hernandez holding a firearm, according to the release.Pastran Hernandez told the driver he would tie him up and put him in the back of the vehicle but instead made the victim drive to Florida.
When police searched Pastran Hernandez’s backpack, which was left in the driver’s car, they found multiple Airsoft or BB guns, knives, a black mask, hat, sunglasses, binoculars, walkie-talkies, zip-ties, and other items.Dallas influencer threatens legal action over seized spider monkey Jorgie BoyLana Ferguson joined The Dallas Morning News after reporting in South Carolina's Lowcountry for The Island Packet & Beaufort Gazette newspapers.
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