Forest Service workers freed after NorCal hostage ordeal
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Two U.S. Forest Service employees were kidnapped and held hostage for more than 17 hours near Gumboot Lake in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest; after a large, multi-agency operation, including FBI crisis negotiators and local law enforcement, the workers were rescued unharmed and the suspects—father Joseph Hendrickson and son Phoenix Hendrickson—were arrested and charged with kidnapping federal employees; motive is under investigation.
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