WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Joseph Charles Henrichsen, 49, and Phoenix Henrichsen, 23, were arrested today and charged with kidnapping federal employees in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, U.S.Attorney Eric Grant announced.
According to court documents, the defendants kidnapped two U.S. Forest Service employees who were conducting field work near Gumboot Lake Campground in a remote area of Siskiyou County. The employees were abducted at gunpoint, bound, and taken to a trailer where they were held for the next 15 hours.
At one point, Joseph used one of the victim's phones to place a call in which he s...