Paolo Aldorasi, Kidnapping, Washington 2017

**London Man Indicted on Kidnapping Charge**

In a shocking turn of events, Paolo Aldorasi, a 34-year-old London man, was indicted on a federal kidnapping charge in Washington DC. According to the indictment, Aldorasi allegedly abducted a man in the Georgetown area of Washington, D.C. on January 26, 2017.

The victim reported that he was walking on the 3400 block of O Street NW when Aldorasi, operating a sport utility vehicle, pulled alongside him. The complaint alleges that Aldorasi ordered the victim to get into the vehicle and demanded money. He allegedly took the victim to four ATMs in the District of Columbia, in unsuccessful attempts to withdraw money, as well as to two retail establishments.

After about two hours, the complaint states, Aldorasi eventually released the victim, unharmed, in the District of Columbia. The charge of kidnapping carries a statutory maximum of life in prison.

Aldorasi was arrested by the FBI’s Seattle Field Office on February 24, 2017, in SeaTac, Washington, on a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He made his first appearance on February 27, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips, Andrew Vale, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Peter Newsham, Acting Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department, commended the work of those who are investigating the case from the FBI’s Washington Field Office and the Metropolitan Police Department. They expressed appreciation for the assistance provided by the FBI’s Seattle Field Office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington.

An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed a violation of criminal laws and every defendant is presumed innocent until, and unless, proven guilty. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Emory V. Cole and Kamilah House, with the assistance of Paralegal Specialist Teesha Tobias.

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