A Brockton woman, Yesenia Diaz, 24, was sentenced to four years in prison and two years of supervised release for her role in the armed kidnapping of a Quincy man and two children.
The crime occurred on October 8, 2016, at approximately 10:25 p.m., when a 30-year-old man was kidnapped from the driveway of his Quincy home after being struck in the head with a revolver as he got out of his truck, and dragged into a nearby sedan.
The victim had two children strapped into car seats in his truck, as well as approximately 30 pounds of marijuana, at the time he was assaulted.
Once the victim was in the sedan, two masked perpetrators, later identified as Diego Pires and Malik Bangura, drove the victim’s truck, with the children still inside, to a secluded location where they unloaded the marijuana and $20,000 from the victim’s truck, into the sedan.
Pires, Bangura, Diaz, and Sedrick Oliveira then drove the sedan with the drugs, cash, and the victim, from Quincy to Brockton and called the victim’s wife demanding $100,000.
Law enforcement officers spotted the sedan as it drove through Brockton, recognized the vehicle from a drive-by shooting that occurred in August 2016, and began to follow it.
After the defendants recognized the police, they attempted to flee, but ultimately abandoned the sedan in a Brockton driveway.
The victim escaped, flagged down law enforcement officers, and described to them the secluded location where the truck had been deserted.
Law enforcement located the truck with the children inside, who were unharmed.
Diaz was subsequently found standing by the sedan and arrested.
Key Facts
- State: Massachusetts
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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