Quebec Kidnapping

• Crown to seek 17-year sentence for Quebec man convicted in kidnapping of U.S. couple

  The Helms were taken from their home, smuggled into Canada and held at a cottage in Magog, Que., for two days before they were rescued unharmed by a Quebec provincial police.

  Crime

  Mar 6, 2023
  
• Final arguments at trial of Quebec man accused in abduction of elderly U.S. couple

  The trial heard the couple were kidnapped and brought into Quebec by boat before being taken to a cottage in Magog, Que., about 125 kilometres southeast of Montreal.

  Canada

  Feb 2, 2023
  
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• Amber Alert lifted in Quebec City after missing child found safe

  Quebec provincial police say they have located a child who had been reported missing from the Capitale-Nationale area on Thursday afternoon.

  Crime

  Dec 15, 2022
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• Quebec man arrested after 4-day Amber Alert pleads guilty to 14 charges

  The man was charged with kidnapping, attempted murder using a prohibited weapon and attempting to murder peace officers using a firearm, as well as other firearms-related charges.

  Crime

  Feb 9, 2022
• Montreal man charged in plot to bring cocaine from Peru to Vermont

  Court records say Georges Yaghmour was arrested in Florida last month and was charged with conspiring to distribute more than 11 pounds of cocaine.

  Canada

  Dec 28, 2020
• Five Quebec men accused of kidnapping American couple to return to court Oct. 20

  Despite the ordeal, the couple are reportedly doing well.

  Canada

  Oct 7, 2020
• Missing American grandparents found alive in Quebec were kidnapped, held hostage

  Four men from Quebec and one from Plattsburgh, New York, face charges of kidnapping, forcible confinement and extortion for the abduction of James and Sandra Helm

  Canada

  Oct 6, 2020
• Suspected kidnapping of American couple leads to another arrest in Quebec

  Quebec provincial police say the arrest took place a little after 11 p.m. Thursday night in Hinchinbrooke, Que.

  Canada

  Oct 2, 2020
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• 12-year-old girl escapes kidnapping in Sutton, suspects at large

  A search is underway as the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) ask for the public's help in finding at least two men wanted in the incident.

  Crime

  Sep 20, 2018