Fugitive wanted in May kidnapping is being returned to Chesterfield County

A Union County woman wanted in connection with the May 28 kidnapping of a mother and her 8-year-old son in Chesterfield County was arrested at a Mississippi casino in June.
Amy Perez, 45, who is charged with conspiracy to kidnap, two counts of kidnapping, first-degree burglary, attempted mu

Amy Perez

rder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, and impersonating a law enforcement officer in a May 28 kidnapping, was found in Mississippi.
According to Fox 13 news station in Mississippi, the Tunica County Sheriff’s Office received a tip that Perez was visiting a casino there, and she was apprehended.
Chesterfield County Sheriff Cambo Streater said Perez, released on bond in Union County, left North Carolina.
“We put the information on the National Crime Information Center, and she was picked up in Mississippi,” he said. “She is being brought back by the U.S. Marshals.”
Perez, her two sons, and another man face several charges stemming from the kidnapping of a woman and her son.
The woman and her son were taken by force from their home and were found eight hours later.
Hunter Ricci, 21, was charged with kidnapping, first-degree burglary, impersonating a law enforcement officer, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, and grand larceny.
A 17-year-old was charged with kidnapping, first-degree burglary, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime and was charged with kidnapping, first-degree burglary, and impersonating a law enforcement officer.
In the Fox 13 news report, Streater said, “She needs to be in jail. These are very, very serious charges, and she needs to be in jail. The bond needs to be high enough so she probably cannot secure the

bond to get out.”