Forest Service Hostages Freed After 12-Hour Standoff | Irvine News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Irvine News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews Two U.S. Forest Service employees were held hostage for over 12 hours in a remote Northern California trailer before being safely rescued in a dramatic, multi-agency operation involving the FBI and SWAT. The suspects, a father and son, were armed with firearms, ammo, and grenades, and demanded negotiations amid rugged terrain that hampered law enforcement. Hostages were freed Friday morning with no serious injuries, though the motive remains unknown. Both suspects have been arrested and face federal kidnapping charges — a tense standoff that underscored the risks federal workers face and the critical coordination needed to resolve such crises. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/f2a003fe61634fe5