Prosecutors want property linked to Missouri kidnapping case

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     (AP) – Prosecutors are trying to seize two properties where a man

says he was held during a kidnapping involving a St. Louis-area executive.

     Prosecutors say the victim was abducted Nov. 21 and taken to a home where he

was beaten, assaulted and attacked with a stun gun, then transported in a

shipping container to another home.

     The U.S. attorney’s office says the man’s parents paid a $27,000 ransom for

his release.

     The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that prosecutors want to seize those

properties, plus multiple firearms and vehicles.

     Todd Beckman, Kerry Roades, Zachary Smith and brothers Blake and Caleb

Laubinger all pleaded not guilty Tuesday to kidnapping conspiracy charges in the

incident.

     Beckman was president and CEO of BAM Brands, which according to its website

owns tanning and age-management businesses.




   

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