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Amber Alert - Possible Mexican Connection

bajaguy - 10-16-2008 at 06:36 PM

From Las Vegas, NV

If subject located, please contact nearest law enforcement. Suspects possibly headed to Mexico.

http://zerogossip.com/2008/10/16/sixyearold-kidnapped-in-las...

LOSARIPES - 10-17-2008 at 03:25 AM

It is GREAT that we get those Amber Alerts... we might be able to save somebody..

Dave - 10-17-2008 at 09:23 AM

News reports are now calling this drug related. Story is that mom and pop were laundering money for the cartel and decided to take some for their efforts. The kid was snatched to get back the dough.

As the old line goes:

When you lay down with pigs...

The parents should be shot. :fire:

UPDATE

bajaguy - 10-17-2008 at 10:20 AM

http://www.lvrj.com/news/31156339.html

fishbuck - 10-18-2008 at 11:03 AM

I've been following the story. The drug cartel violence was bound to jump the border at some point. It probably has for a while and we are just hearing about it.
I feel real bad for this poor kid. I don't care much about the parents or what they did just this kid.
I really wish there was some way to help get the kid back safe!

Barry A. - 10-18-2008 at 11:11 AM

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Originally posted by fishbuck
I've been following the story. The drug cartel violence was bound to jump the border at some point. It probably has for a while and we are just hearing about it.
I feel real bad for this poor kid. I don't care much about the parents or what they did just this kid.
I really wish there was some way to help get the kid back safe!


The cartels have been in this country for years-------when we used to raid MJ gardens back in the '90's we almost never found them "manned"--------now, Federal Officers and local Sheriff's find armed "cartel employees" in the gardens of the western USA all the time.

Barry

CaboRon - 10-19-2008 at 07:45 PM

Abducted Las Vegas boy is returned to his father
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY, Associated Press Writer Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press Writer
Sun Oct 19, 6:09 pm ET

LAS VEGAS – A 6-year-old boy abducted from his home at gunpoint was safe in his father's custody Sunday as police tried to untangle any ties the youngster's family had to the Mexican drug dealers suspected of taking him.

Police were interviewing Cole Puffinburger after he was found alone Saturday night on a quiet street outside a Methodist church in Las Vegas.

"We're speaking with the boy today," FBI spokesman David Staretz said Sunday. "I know he's being interviewed by law enforcement, and we'll probably get a better idea of where he's been."

Cole's father, Robert Puffinburger, was a picture of relief at a news conference, as he smiled, cried and thanked police and neighbors for helping to bring Cole home.

"I'm just so glad he's safe," his father said.

Staretz would not comment further on what had happened to Cole in the four days since he was snatched from his mother's home by two men posing as police officers. Police have said they believe the abduction Wednesday was an attempt by drug dealers to send a message to the boy's grandfather.

Cole was found in "extremely good condition" but was taken to University Medical Center as a precaution, Las Vegas police Capt. Vincent Cannito said. Cole was treated and released to his father's care early Sunday, hospital spokesman Rick Plummer said.

Robert Puffinburger and police had concentrated search efforts on a largely Hispanic neighborhood a few miles from where Cole was found. They posted fliers in English and Spanish with a photograph of the boy, a slight, smiling blond in glasses.

On Sunday, a blue painted sign in the front yard of the home from which Cole was abducted read, "Welcome Home Cole." The home appeared sparsely furnished, with a bare mattress on the living room floor. No one answered the door.

Robert Puffinburger would not comment on Cole's mother or her father, 51-year-old Clemens Tinnemeyer, who police say may have stolen millions from dealers involved in trafficking methamphetamine.

Tinnemeyer was scheduled to appear before a federal magistrate Monday in Riverside, Calif. He was arrested there Friday and was being held in nearby San Bernardino on a material witness warrant issued by a federal court in Nevada.

Las Vegas police didn't know whether Tinnemeyer had a lawyer. Police have declined to elaborate on what role he played in the drug operation or whether the kidnappers had been seeking a ransom.

Tinnemeyer described himself as a carpenter of 22 years when he and his wife, Diane, filed for bankruptcy in 2001. The couple live in an older Las Vegas neighborhood of weathered rambler-style homes on acre lots. A rooster crowed from a nearby yard Sunday.

The Tinnemeyers have lived there for close to 20 years, according to a neighbor who didn't want to be identified because he feared for his safety.

Until about two years ago, the house was busy with cars coming and going, he said. Cole was often at the home in the care of his grandmother, who works in a lunchroom of the local elementary school.

Tinnemeyer spent time in what he said was a recording studio behind the home, the neighbor said. He left in a motor home in May. The neighbor said he continued to see Diane Tinnemeyer daily but had not seen her husband since.

Messages left at a number believed to be for the Tinnemeyer home were not returned. A black pickup truck sat in the driveway Sunday, but no one came to the door.

Staretz said authorities continued the search Sunday for another "person of interest," a Mexican citizen identified as Jesus Gastelum.

Gastelum, who is in his mid-30s, is believed to be in Las Vegas or Southern California, police said. Another "person of interest" in police custody Saturday was not identified.

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slimshady - 10-21-2008 at 08:27 AM

The true story comes out when the grandfather is arrested by police. Apparently he stole millions of dollars from the cartel during his work money laundering stint.

As evil and ruthless as the Cartels are they only target the own or rival cartels.

The boy is really lucky, and thank god they found him.

dao45 - 10-22-2008 at 01:13 AM

Lay down with dogs.Wake up with fleas.
Teach you children right

jodiego - 10-22-2008 at 10:20 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Dave
News reports are now calling this drug related. Story is that mom and pop were laundering money for the cartel and decided to take some for their efforts. The kid was snatched to get back the dough.

As the old line goes:

When you lay down with pigs...

The parents should be shot. :fire:


As it turns out, the parents had nothing to do with it. Again with the jumping to conclusions and then throwing out the old "out to be shot" scenario. WTG Dave!

So... You think mom and dad had no clue?

Dave - 10-22-2008 at 11:21 AM

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Originally posted by jodiego
As it turns out, the parents had nothing to do with it. Again with the jumping to conclusions and then throwing out the old "out to be shot" scenario. WTG Dave!


Wanna bet? ;D