Land Pirates Strike in Virginia
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by Dymphna
Heroyalwhyness sent a post from Debbie Schlussel’s blog since, as she says, the crimes concern our neck of the woods.It’s the story of an attempted kidnapping of a wealthy Roanoke woman by three immigrants and one American. Three of these lovelies are from Somalia, Sudan and Rwanda. It doesn’t say where the fourth kidnapper hails from, though his name appears to be American.
Heroyalwhyness sent a post from Debbie Schlussel’s blog since, as she says, the crimes concern our neck of the woods.It’s the story of an attempted kidnapping of a wealthy Roanoke woman by three immigrants and one American. Three of these lovelies are from Somalia, Sudan and Rwanda. It doesn’t say where the fourth kidnapper hails from, though his name appears to be American.
The original news was in the Roanoke Times online:
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Four men accused of planning to kidnap two Roanoke County women and hold them for ransom were indicted Thursday in U.S. District Court in Roanoke.Joshua Kasongo, 19, of Roanoke; Mohammed Hussein Guhad, 19, of Roanoke; Luke Musa Elbino, 19, of Vinton; and Anthony Eugene Muse, 18, of Roanoke are each charged with conspiring to kidnap and attempted kidnapping.Guhad and Muse are students at Patrick Henry High School. Elbino is a student at Virginia Western Community College.
Four men accused of planning to kidnap two Roanoke County women and hold them for ransom were indicted Thursday in U.S. District Court in Roanoke.Joshua Kasongo, 19, of Roanoke; Mohammed Hussein Guhad, 19, of Roanoke; Luke Musa Elbino, 19, of Vinton; and Anthony Eugene Muse, 18, of Roanoke are each charged with conspiring to kidnap and attempted kidnapping.Guhad and Muse are students at Patrick Henry High School. Elbino is a student at Virginia Western Community College.
The men drove through Hunting Hills and other Roanoke County neighborhoods throughout March and early April looking for houses of residents who were wealthy enough to pay the ransom, the indictment states.
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Three of the four are African nationals: Guhad is a citizen of Somalia, Elbino of Sudan and Kasongo of Rwanda. They are all legal residents of the United States. Muse is a U.S. citizen.The indictment alleges that Kasongo would plan the kidnappings and conduct negotiations for the ransoms, Elbino would research and identify possible targets and Guhad would find a location to hold the women until the ransom was paid, the indictment said....
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posted by jillosophy at 5/12/2009 12:59:00 PM
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