PITTSBURGH -- An elderly Ohio couple and another man who were accused of kidnapping the woman's older sister from her dilapidated Pittsburgh home will get probation after prosecutors dropped the most serious charges.
Allegheny County prosecutors dropped kidnapping, assault and false imprisonment against 73-year-old Laura Stewart, her boyfriend, 76-year-old Earl Cross of Shaker Heights, Ohio, and another friend, 48-year-old Darnell Randall, of Pittsburgh, on Wednesday. They remain charged with unlawful restraint.
Authorities say they forcibly took 86-year-old Evelyn Poynter, from her apartment in December. Stewart and Cross then drove her to Ohio.
The three will enter a probationary program for first-time offenders. If they complete it, their records may be expunged.
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