Father and son arrested after holding 2 Forest Service workers who were held at gunpoint
Federal prosecutors say the men held two Forest Service biologists hostage for 15 hours before FBI negotiators secured their release.
- On July 16, Joseph Henrichsen, 49, and his son Phoenix Henrichsen, 23, allegedly kidnapped two U.S. Forest Service employees at gunpoint near Gumboot Lake Campground in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, holding them in a trailer for 15 hours.
- FBI hostage negotiators secured the release of both employees early Friday after the 15-hour standoff, during which Henrichsen claimed to possess grenades and an assault rifle while threatening responders.
- U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced Monday that both men face federal kidnapping charges carrying a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $250,000 fine upon conviction.
- Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue confirmed the two biologists were released unharmed and "are doing well," while FBI Sacramento acting Special Agent in Charge Brian Tosh noted the fortunate outcome.
- Prosecutors have not disclosed a motive for the kidnapping, though court records reveal Henrichsen faced prior charges in Washington state involving threats and weapons possession.
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Forest Service kidnapping suspect terrorized Whatcom neighbors for years. WA let him go
Three years before Joseph Charles Henrichsen emerged from the woods in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in California and abducted two U.S. Forest Service biologists at gunpoint with an assault rifle, he terrorized his neighbors near Bellingham.In the grip of a worsening mental health crisis, Henrichsen, often carrying a firearm, upended life along a pleasant forested street with violent threats, fireworks, an assault against an elderly man an…
FBI: Father, son held 2 federal biologists hostage for more than 15 hours
A father and son who appeared before a federal judge are accused of kidnapping two U.S. Forest Service employees and holding them hostage for more than 15 hours in a trailer near Mount Shasta. The employees were eventually released unharmed, according to officials.
Father, son with Washington state ties charged with kidnapping California frog biologists - The Daily Chronicle
A former Bellingham resident and his son allegedly kidnapped two U.S. Forest Service biologists at gunpoint and held them hostage for 15 hours, according to federal charges filed in Northern California. If convicted, the father and son face possible life sentences. Four years earlier, Whatcom County prosecutors had accused Joseph Henrichsen of a hate crime for throwing fireworks at his neighbors’ home because it was owned by people of Ukrainian …
U.S. Forest Service employees are freed after 15-hour hostage ordeal
Two U.S. Forest Service employees were freed after a man and his son bound them and held them at gunpoint for about 15 hours in a national forest in rural Northern California, the authorities said.
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