Drug Ring 'Muscle' Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Moorhead Ransom Kidnapping

Grand Forks man sentenced to 30 years for kidnapping for ransom

A Grand Forks man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in allegedly kidnapping and beating a man to collect a drug debt.

Grand Forks man sentenced to 30 years for kidnapping

GRAND FORKS — A former Grand Forks resident was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Monday in a federal kidnapping case. Kyle Kahalehili Maez-Schaack, 33, pleaded guilty in February to charges of kidnapping, drug trafficking conspiracy, brandishing a firearm during a kidnapping and firearm possession by a felon, according to a new release from the U.S. Department of Justice. “Stopping violent offenders like Kyle Maez-Schaack is one of the FBI's t…

Grand Forks man sentenced for role in federal kidnapping crime

WASHINGTON – A Grand Forks man is sentenced to 30 years in prison for federal crimes. Kyle Maez-Schaak, age 33, was sentenced for his role in a kidnapping for ransom resulting in the beating of the victim, holding him at gunpoint, and transporting him across state lines to Minnesota to collect an unpaid drug debt. The victim owed $6,000 for 500 grams of methamphetamine. Maez-Schaack and others took the victim to Moorhead, where he was held and o…

Drug ring 'muscle' man sentenced to 30 years in prison for Moorhead ransom kidnapping

A North Dakota man who authorities say was the "muscle" for a drug trafficking ring was sentenced to 30 years in prison for a brazen ransom kidnapping in Moorhead, Minn. where the victim was allegedly held over a $6,000 drug debt.