Thread: KIDNAPPED LASVEGAS BOY FOUND !!!

just read the chicago suntimes, the boy is in great shape!! dealers let him go, HOT POTATOE!!!!

Thank God for that.

Little Cole is alive and well!!! Thank God!!

www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,440601,00.html - 9 hours ago -




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.

Detectives discovered Cole outside a large Methodist church in the neighborhood. The area was being treated as a crime scene, but police gave no information about how Cole got there or where he had been kept since his Wednesday morning abduction.

Cole's father attended the news conference wearing a T-shirt with his son's photograph, but would not comment on when he planned to see his son or whether Cole would be returning to his home or the boy's mother's home.

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Cole Puffinburger "This is just about Cole being home," Robert Puffinburger said as he choked back tears. "Cole's back."



An Amber Alert for Puffinburger had been canceled by midday Saturday.

Cannito said that a number of search warrants were executed in jurisdictions "throughout the country," yielding significant evidence, including case. And he released a photo of a Mexican man identified as Jesus Gastelum who was wanted for questioning as a "person of interest" in Puffinburger's disappearance. Two other "people of interest" people were previously questioned.

One was Puffinburger's grandfather, Clemons Fred Tinnemeyer, 51, who was arrested Friday night by federal agents near Riverside, Calif., though it wasn't immediately clear what charges he might face.

Los Angeles FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller told FOXNews.com that Tinnemeyer was arrested on a federal material witness warrant.

Police think Tinnenmeyer, of Las Vegas, conducted drug deals with Mexican nationals, from whom he may have stolen millions of dollars, Officer Cris Johnson, a Las Vegas police spokesman, said. And Cannito said the boy's abduction on Wednesday was a "message" of retaliation against the grandfather.

Tinnemeyer is being held at the Central Detention Center in the city of San Bernardino, Calif., and is listed on the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Web site as ineligible for bail.

Cole was snatched from a Las Vegas home by two fake policemen, who tied up the child's mother and her boyfriend at their house Wednesday morning.

Cannito said the two Hispanic men who carried out the kidnapping were after "significant money and drugs."

Johnson declined to say what role Tinnemeyer played in the drug operation or whether the kidnappers were seeking a ransom. Police believe methamphetamine was involved, Johnson said, and the Las Vegas Review-Journal characterized the illicit operation as a multimillion-dollar Mexican drug ring.

Authorities also were investigating whether other family members had ties to the drug operation, Johnson said.

"Money is a huge factor, obviously. Drugs are a huge factor," Johnson said. "The only innocent person involved in this entire operation is the boy."

Robert Puffinburger said he had just stopped passing out the fliers for the night when he got the call alerting him Cole had been found.

"I'm just so glad he's safe," he said.

FOX News' Adam Housley, Catherine Donaldson-Evans and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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It is a blessing that Cole's mother, fiance and
Cole were unharmed. the Mexican Mafia doesn't usually leave anyone alive.

What an interesting way to get a warrant for the grandfather who must know so much about the Mexican Mafia's trade.

This little guy looked just like my son looked at that age. I am so happy that this story had a happy ending.

I hope we get the whole story.

Maybe the higher ups in Mexico said don't do this, get him home, it's putting the spotlight on us. It might blow the rest of our operations.

Six-year-old Cole Puffinburger found alive
3: 08

Police: significant amount of drugs, money involved


According to police, kidnapped six-year-old Cole Puffinbburger was found alive late Saturday night at a bus stop in downtown Las Vegas. He was taken to UMC.

It was four long days for investigators and the family of Cole Puffinburger. 87 hours after being snatched by kidnappers, Cole was found at a bus stop at Oakey and 17th Street. Police received a report of a small boy walking down the sidewalk who fit Cole's description.

"I can't give enough gratitude to this city... this entire country," Cole's elated father Robert Puffinburger told a crowd gathered at an early-morning press conference. "It (info) has been everywhere."

Metro says this case if far from over, however. Detectives still have numerous unanswered questions regarding the drug connections, potential extortion, and the identities of the three kidnappers.

Police picked up Cole's grandfather, Clemens Tinnemeyer, late Friday in Riverside, CA. He is currently being questioned in a San Bernardino detention center.

On Saturday, police severed search warrants in multiple jurisdictions which resulted in the seizure of large amounts of cash and additional evidence. Also on Saturday, Metro Police announced another person of interest, Jesus Gastelum.



www.kvbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=9201619&nav=15MVa%5D - 6 minutes ago

Cannito said that a number of search warrants were executed in jurisdictions "throughout the country," yielding significant evidence,



If this isn't enough to scare anyone, it should be.

Sadly, it isn't at all unusual for a family member's involvement with drugs to lead to consequences for other family members.....it happens all the time whether we hear about it or not.

BUT, when a 6 year old in NV is kidnapped, leading to a nationwide investigation and search warrants, and that investigation and those warrants turn up that much evidence on a national scale......this tells us just how BIG and far reaching this particular criminal operation really is.

And THAT, is not a good thing.

But yes.....by all means....let's just grant blanket amnesty to all of these "good, decent hard working folks" and throw open our borders to allow for the free flow of people because this country has "no right" to keep anyone out or demand that those already here just get the hell out