CHICAGO – Federal authorities arrested a man at Chicago’s Union Station over the weekend as he tried to board a Miami-bound Amtrak train, they announced Tuesday. Investigators said he packed toys and zip ties as he headed to South Florida to kidnap a young boy from a Fort Lauderdale private school for a $100,000 ransom.
Devontay Shields, 35, of Danville, Illinois, is facing a charge of attempted kidnapping. Federal prosecutors said he was busted as part of an undercover sting.
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