Category: Upstate New York

Jury Finds Quebec Man Guilty in Abduction, Extortion of NY Couple in September 2020

A Quebec man was found guilty of multiple charges on Sunday for his role in the abduction of a couple in their 70s from Upstate New York in September 2020. A jury convicted Gary Arnold on five counts including kidnapping, extortion and conspiracy to kidnap James and Sandra Helm of Moira, N.Y. The Helms were…


Officer Testifies in Case of New York Couple Kidnapped and Smuggled Into Quebec

A Quebec police officer told a trial today that a couple from Upstate New York were kidnapped and smuggled into Quebec in 2020 because of a drug deal involving their grandson. Investigator Guillaume Poirier is on the stand in the trial of Gary Arnold, a Quebec man facing seven charges in an alleged conspiracy to…


Event in Small US Town Receives Death Threat From ‘CCP Representative’

The organizers of a free seminar in a small town in upstate New York have received a death threat phone call from someone who claims to be “a representative of the Chinese Communist Party.” The voicemail was found on the event hotline on July 18, two days prior to the seminar. The seminar on how…