US Forest Service workers held hostage at gunpoint in California forest for hours: Authorities
Negotiators freed the hostages after about 15 hours, and officials said the father and son now face federal charges carrying a possible life sentence.
- On Friday, federal officials announced that two U.S. Forest Service employees were rescued after being held hostage for nearly 15 hours in a trailer near Gumboot Lake in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.
- Joseph Charles Henrichsen and his son Phoenix Henrichsen kidnapped the workers Thursday morning, zip-tying them inside the trailer while demanding to speak with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- The FBI deployed its elite Hostage Rescue Team from Quantico, Virginia, alongside SWAT teams, snipers, and drone operators to secure the remote site over nearly 10 hours of negotiations.
- Both suspects surrendered early Friday around 2:30 a.m. and now face federal kidnapping charges, according to U.S. Attorney Eric Grant, as the rescued employees recover with their families.
- While federal agents continue to investigate the suspects' motives, the incident highlights safety challenges for personnel working in remote wilderness areas, prompting a review of security protocols.
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By Emma Tucker, CNN Two U.S. Forest Service workers were doing field work in a forest in northern California on Thursday morning when they were kidnapped at gunpoint, tied with flanges and taken to a remote trailer, authorities said. Using the phone number of one of the victims to make The Post Federal Employees were held hostage in a California forest. Alleged kidnappers are father and son appeared first on KVIA.
2 federal workers were held hostage at gunpoint for hours in a California forest. A father and son are the accused kidnappers
Two US Forest Service workers were doing field work in a northern California forest on Thursday morning when they were abducted at gunpoint, zip-tied and led to a remote trailer, authorities said.
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Forest Service workers taken hostage, held at gunpoint in remote NorCal trailer, feds say
Two U.S. Forest Service employees working in a remote area of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest were kidnapped, zip-tied and held inside a trailer for more than 17 hours before being rescued Friday morning, authorities said.
2 U.S. Forest Service workers released after being kidnapped
SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. – Two U.S. Forest Service employees are now home safe after they were kidnapped and held hostage for over 12 hours in a trailer in Shasta-Trinity National Forest’s Gumboot Lake, authorities announced Friday. In a news conference, Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue stated that on July 16, the employees were conducting fieldwork […]
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