Boy's grandfather sought in drug-related abduction

[Chris]

Boy's grandfather sought in drug-related abduction, police say

Police said they are looking for the grandfather of a boy who was snatched from his Las Vegas, Nevada, home Wednesday by men posing as police officers.

Clemens F. Tinnemeyer, 51, is being sought for questioning in the case of 6-year-old Cole Puffinburger.

At least two of the three suspects posed as police officers to enter Cole's home about 7:25 a.m. Wednesday, police said. They tied up the boy's mother and her fiancé and ransacked the house before kidnapping the boy when no money was found, they said.

In a story published Friday, The Las Vegas Review-Journal quoted unnamed sources as saying a member of the boy's family owes a Mexican drug cartel between $8 million and $20 million, describing the relative as an alleged money launderer for the cartel and saying the


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[Chris]

This is srsly messed up news.  It's been on CNN/Headline News all day.

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[Chris]

Grandfather of Abducted Nevada Boy Arrested

San Bernardino County Sheriff's records show Clemons Fred Tinnemeyer was arrested late Friday in the city of Riverside.

The boy, Cole Puffinburger, was abducted from a Las Vegas home Wednesday morning by three suspected Mexican drug dealers posing as police officers.

[DarkHalo]

He was arrested right here in Riverisde and is being held in the main city jail downtown. Im not sure why San Bernardino county keeps getting mentioned though as this is Riverside county where it happened and he was arrested by US Marshalls.

[Chris]

Abducted 6-year-old boy found alive in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS – A 6-year-old boy kidnapped from a Las Vegas home by alleged drug dealers posing as policemen has been found alive in a neighborhood northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, police said early Sunday.

The child was "in extremely good condition" and had been taken to University Medical Center in Las Vegas for examination, Las Vegas police Capt. Vincent Cannito said at a news conference.

"He is safe and in our custody," Cannito said. "It's a blessing this child has been found."

Cole Puffinburger was recovered at around 10:30 p.m. Saturday after a caller informed detectives about a child walking alone on a street in a middle-class neighborhood of tidy, modest-sized homes about 5 miles from the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas police Officer Jay Rivera said.