Kidnapped Forest Service employees freed after being taken hostage
Forest Service workers were freed early Friday morning after they were taken hostage in rural Northern California.“I’m grateful beyond words that both of our Forest Service employees taken hostage on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest are home safe,” Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz said in a statement. They were released safely around 2 a.m. on Friday.Advertisement Joseph Charles Hendrickson and his son Phoenix had the two workers zip-tied and held at gunpoint inside a trailer near a lake, Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue of Siskiyou County said in a press conference. Hendrickson indicated that he had firearms and ammunition, and he wanted to speak with the FBI.According to the Forest Service, authorities were notified of the kidnapping around 11 a.m.
- ▪Forest Service workers were freed early Friday morning after they were taken hostage in rural Northern California.“I’m grateful beyond words that both of our Forest Service employees taken hostage on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest are h
- ▪They were released safely around 2 a.m. on Friday.Advertisement Joseph Charles Hendrickson and his son Phoenix had the two workers zip-tied and held at gunpoint inside a trailer near a lake, Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue of Siskiyou County said in
- ▪Hendrickson indicated that he had firearms and ammunition, and he wanted to speak with the FBI.According to the Forest Service, authorities were notified of the kidnapping around 11 a.m.
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Two U.S. Forest Service workers were freed early Friday morning after they were taken hostage in rural Northern California.“I’m grateful beyond words that both of our Forest Service employees taken hostage on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest are home safe,” Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz said in a statement. Recommended Stories Kidnapped Forest Service employees freed after being taken hostage Mamdani watches World Cup with inmates at Rikers Island Long-term DC summer youth curfew has taken effect to rein in ‘teen takeovers’ The employees were taken hostage by two armed individuals on Thursday while conducting fieldwork in the forest, according to the Forest Service. They were released safely around 2 a.m.
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