3rd and Last Suspect in Kidnappings Held
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The third suspect wanted in a string of carjackings and kidnappings in California and Nevada was being held on $4 million bond in Pine Bluff, Ark., police said Monday.
Joseph O’Neal, 30, was arrested Saturday by Pine Bluff police and the FBI after authorities received a tip that he was staying in Arkansas with a relative.
Police believe O’Neal is one of three assailants who took part in at least four carjackings and kidnappings in the San Francisco, Los Angeles and Las Vegas areas.
In one case, a woman was kidnapped from San Francisco and for three days led to automated teller machines and forced to withdraw money, police said. The woman was bound with duct tape to a park bench in Laguna Beach. She freed herself and was found wandering in the park.
The two other suspects were taken into custody Wednesday after leading police on a chase and crashing a car in Los Angeles, authorities said.
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