One of the former University of Rochester students who survived a kidnapping and SWAT Team rescue has told his story to the Chicago Tribune, his hometown paper. Nicholas Kollias was a senior at the University of Rochester when a chance decision to tag along with a friend at what they thought would be an off-campus […]
Four of the five defendants who pleaded guilty in the University of Rochester kidnapping case have been sentenced. Dennis Perez and Elliot Rivera received 35 year prison terms. Leah Gigliotti will serve 13 years and Samantha Hughes 15. Jesus Castro-Ubiles also pleaded guilty, but he’s being sentenced separately. Four other suspects were convicted earlier this week […]
Opening statements began today in the trial of four suspects accused in the kidnapping of two University of Rochester students. Five of the nine suspects accused of luring the UR football players away from campus and holding them prisoner while they were robbed and abused pleaded guilty. The remaining four are being tried together. That’s […]