New York woman admits she was part of a gang which kidnapped two college students

Posted by Larita Shotwell on Saturday, August 31, 2024
Leah Gigliotti now faces 13 years behind bars for her role in the brutal kidnap 

Leah Gigliotti now faces 13 years behind bars for her role in the brutal kidnap 

A New York woman has admitted to her role in the kidnapping and torture of two college students late last year. 

As part of an agreement with prosecutors, Leah Gigliotti pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of second-degree kidnapping and was sentenced to 13 years behind bars. 

Gigliotti is one of nine people charged in the December abduction of two University of Rochester students. 

She was indicted in January on kidnapping, assault and gang assault charges. In court on Tuesday, Gigliotti admitted to driving to meet the two victims, both male college seniors, with the promise of taking them to an off-campus party.

Instead, they were driven to a house where they were held for 40 hours, tortured and sexually assaulted.

An indictment says the pair, both 21-year-old business majors, were 'terrorized repeatedly' as they were tied up, beaten with clubs and punched as the gang demanded they handed over cash and the pin numbers to the credit and debit cards. 

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One of the men even had a gunshot wound from a .22-caliber rifle in his leg.

In August, suspect Jesus Castro-Ubiles, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree kidnapping along with a criminal use of a firearms charge. He will be sentenced on October 5.

The other seven indicted, Alcaraz-Ubiles, Samantha Lee Hughes, Dennis Perez, Inalia Rolldan, Ruth Lora, Elliot Rivera, and Lydell Strickland, will face charges on September 20 and October 31 for crimes as far ranging as sexual assault, kidnapping and robbery, reported 13WHAM

Inalia Rolldan, 19, is charged with second-degree kidnapping David Alcaraz-Ubiles charged with first-degree criminal use of a firearm, third- and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon

Inalia Rolldan, 19, is charged with second-degree kidnapping (left) and David Alcaraz-Ubiles charged with first-degree criminal use of a firearm, third- and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon

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