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GWINNETT A HOT SPOT=20
Here's a synopsis of some recent drug-related kidnappings in Gwinnett, =
based on police re****ts, court do***ents and interviews.=20
> July 11, DEA agents raided a Lilburn home and arrested three men -- =
illegal immigrants from Mexico -- and charged them with kidnapping and =
conspiracy to distribute cocaine. The men beat and chained Oscar =
Reynoso, 31, to a wall in a basement July 5 for nearly a week to collect =
a $300,000 drug debt, the DEA said. Reynoso is a legal resident from the =
Dominican Republic. The men were armed with a military-style assault =
rifle and a 9mm handgun, the DEA said. The youngest charged with =
kidnapping was 19 years old.=20
> July 7, Gwinnett County police shot and killed alleged kidnapper =
Richard Garcia, 23, during a ransom drop at a Waffle House parking lot =
near Lawrenceville. They arrested Jose Ramirez-Perez, 24, who was in the =
car with Garcia, and charged him with false imprisonment in the =
kidnapping. Relatives say Juan David Arce-Flores was kidnapped July 1 in =
Sandy Springs by men dressed as police. Arce-Flores escaped from a home =
at 41 Bethesda Church Road in Lawrenceville after the ransom drop-off =
went bad. He is a suspected drug dealer and is in Gwinnett jail on =
charges of giving a false identity, police said.=20
> May 13, Gwinnett County police arrested nine people in connection with =
drug trafficking and the kidnapping of a man at 3231 Hamilton Road in =
Lawrenceville. Police found the victim in the house, unharmed, as well =
as a 9mm Ruger handgun and about 11 kilos (or 26 pounds) of cocaine. The =
youngest charged with trafficking is a 16-year-old girl.=20
> Jan. 19, Herbert Junior Higgins, 57, was found slain in his van in the =
parking lot of the Wesley Paces Apartments on Jimmy Carter Boulevard in =
Norcross. Previously Higgins told police he was kidnapped Dec. 21, 2007, =
by four "professionals" looking for money, who hung him by handcuffs in =
a warehouse and beat him. They drove Higgins to a friend's home at 1302 =
Stoneybrook Drive in Tucker because they believed the friend had money. =
The kidnappers opened fire on the friend, who shot back. Higgins escaped =
and climbed a fence with his handcuffs on.=20
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charges of giving a false identity, police said. <BR><BR>> <B>May 13, =
Gwinnett County police arrested nine people in connection with drug =
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