COLE PUFFINBURGER 6 - Vegas, Nevada (USA)

pam supportfromireland
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:07 pm

KNX1070.com

16 October 2008

Amber Alert: Boy kidnapped in Vegas

http://www.knx1070.com/Amber-Alert--Boy-Kidnapped-in-Vegas/3149005

Posted by pamsupportfromireland
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:46 pm

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Amber Alert Details

http://www.chp.ca.gov/amber/Missing.html

Posted by pamsupportfromireland
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 8:22 am

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Las Vegas Sun

17 October 2008

Police: Boy's Kidnapping linked to drugs

* Please promote this case as he is only a boy of 6yrs old, an innocent party, to all states around Nevada. There are currently 100 detectives working on the case !

** Includes a Police Media release Video

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/oct/16/search-widens-kidnapped-las-vegas-boy-6/

Posted by pamsupportfromireland
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:23 am

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News Zone Tucson Arizona

18 October 2008

Amber Alert extended to Arizona

* Police now believe the suspects & the boy have now left Nevada. They have expanded the Amber Alert to Arizona & the whole country. Please advise all US friends of this news.

http://www.kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=9197716&nav=menu216_2

Posted by pamsupportfromireland
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:48 am

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Mercury News San Jose

Police seeking Grandfather as link to Missing boy

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10746868?source%253Dmost_viewed.20F88DA3D7D369F5BB70F372987EAE1F.html

Posted by pamsupportfromireland
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 7:03 pm

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Bloggernews.net

Amber Alert Update;Cole's Grandfather found and arrested

http://www.bloggernews.net/118216

Posted by pamsupportfromireland
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 7:08 pm

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Knox.com

18 October 2008


LAS VEGAS (AP) -- As the search for kidnapped six-year-old Cole Puffingburger grows more desperate, his grandfather has been found and taken into custody in Southern California after being named a person of interest in the case.

Las Vegas Police Capt. Vincent Cannito says 51-year-old Clemons Tinnemeyer had been involved in substantial drug dealing, and had not been seen in Las Vegas since May 21.

He was arrested in the city of Riverside Friday night by U.S. Marshals, according to San Bernardino County Sheriff's records, and was reported being held at the Central Detention Center in the city of San Bernardino.

Cannito said Tinnemeyer's last contact with his family was in August, and he was officially reported missing in September. He said the kidnapping case involves "significant amounts of money and drugs" and "a number of drug deals that have taken place."

Cole Puffinburger was taken from his Las Vegas home on Wednesday morning, by men who apparently posed as police officers to gain access.

Police say the men demanded money, and the boy's mother and her fiance told them they didn't have any, police said. The men used zip ties to restrain the two, gagged them and searched the house, police said.

When they didn't find money, they took Cole and fled in a vehicle.

A Las Vegas police spokesman, officer Cris Johnson, declined to say exactly what role Tinnemeyer played in the drug activity believed related to the abduction -- or whether the kidnappers were seeking a ransom.

But he said police believe methamphetamine was involved, and are also investigating whether any other family members had ties to the drug operation.

``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.''

The FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Drug Enforcement Administration are also investigating.

Las Vegas police Capt. Vincent Cannito said a third man was believed to be involved and that police had ``several'' other persons of interest in the case, but no suspects in the abduction.

Authorities have been receiving many contacts per hour about the boy, although some of those have come from people wanting more information about the suspects, said David Hatch, a consultant with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children who is now working with Las Vegas police on the case.

Police have devoted more than 100 detectives to the case, Cannito said, and the department has several persons of interest. They have some "very significant leads," he said.

The kidnapping, which has sparked a national search involving federal and local authorities, continues to be a race against time, Cannito said.

"The longer we go, the more dangerous this situation becomes," Cannito said. He added, "This is about as bad as it gets."

The Amber Alert for Cole has spread nationwide. Alerts are displayed on road signs, at truck stops, gas stations, hotels and other high-traffic areas around the country.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Border Patrol agents have been notified to be on the lookout for the suspects, in case they try to cross the border into Mexico. And the FBI is also involved.

Cole's father, Robert Puffinburger, didn't want to talk about the case but asked for his son to be returned safe.

"He's a good kid," the 28-year-old civil engineer said with a smile. "I'm sure he's giving them hell right now."

He has been passing out fliers since Wednesday evening, helped by many volunteers.

Isa Castra and husband Teo said they decided to volunteer to pass out fliers because they're bilingual and thought that they could be helpful in Spanish-speaking neighborhoods.

She said they didn't know Cole or his family.

"If this were to happen with one of our kids, we would want the community to come together for us," Isa Castra said.

One of the key pieces of information in the case -- a vehicle description -- has yet to materialize. Police also only have the description of one of the three suspects in the case.

That suspect is described as having black, shoulder-length, slicked-back hair. He is in his early 30s, 5 feet 7 inches tall and about 150 pounds. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans.

According to America's Most Wanted's Web site, which cited "investigators," the men who burst into Cole's east valley home Wednesday morning were looking for the boy's grandfather, who hasn't lived at the home since last year.

Cannito declined to confirm that report. But he continued to urge the public for information on Cole's whereabouts.

Cole is 3 feet 11 inches tall, 48 pounds and has distinctly stained front teeth. He has blond hair and blue eyes.

The boy was last seen wearing a black John Cena WWE wrestling shirt, dark jeans, a belt, black Vans shoes, white socks and a black, zip-up hooded sweat shirt with white, black and blue stars over it.

Posted by pamsupportfromireland
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 9:39 am

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Trend News Arizona

19 October 2008

Police deactivate Amber Alert for missing 6 yr old


Police on Saturday deactivated an Amber Alert for a 6-year-old boy abducted Wednesday from his Las Vegas, Nevada, home in what authorities believe was a drug-related kidnapping, reported CNN.

The search for Cole Puffinburger has spanned the American Southwest and captured national attention. Police said he was kidnapped by three armed bandits who entered his home early Wednesday, tying up the boy’s mother and her fiance, ransacking the home and taking the child when no money was found.

It was not immediately clear why the Amber Alert, which originated in Nevada and later was expanded nationwide, was deactivated. Police are planning a 5 p.m. ET press conference, according to Nevada’s Amber Alert Web site.

* This conference is 1am our time !

CNN.com

19 October 2008

Kidnapped boy found safe in Las Vegas

A 6-year-old boy abducted Wednesday in Las Vegas, Nevada, has been found safe, the Las Vegas police department announced early Sunday.

"Cole (Puffinburger) has been found, he is safe and in our custody," Capt. Vince Cannito told reporters in an early morning news conference.

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/19/nevada.boy/

Posted by pamsupportfromireland
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:24 pm

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Best news ever ! Thank you so much Twiggy !!!!!

Posted by pamsupportfromireland
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:11 pm

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CNN News

Abducted boy's Grandfather faces court

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/20/nevada.boy.grandfather/

Posted by pamsupportfromireland
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:52 am

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Associated Press

21 October 2008

Grandfather,woman held as witnesses in Kidnapping

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gTV3mn_HiSgnqf1izYeAEJ8XdrRAD93UKFNG0