COLUMBUS – A man and woman have been arrested on charges they kidnapped a 13-year-old boy and demanded his family pay a ransom for his release.
Columbus SWAT officers executing a search warrant at a Groveport-area apartment complex arrested
Zackary Boyd, 21; Cece Prak. 20, and an unidentified juvenile on felony kidnapping charges, according to investigators with the Columbus police Adult Sex Crimes unit.
Police learned on Thursday that the teen, whose name was not released, was being held against his will and his abductors were demanding the boy’s father pay a ransom for his safe return, police said.
Investigators obtained a search warrant for the property in the 4100 block of Tarkton Square North where the suspects were arrested and the boy was recovered unharmed, according to police.