The Canadian Press – ONLINE EDITION
Former Armenian wrestling champ found guilty of kidnapping business
associate in California
By: The Associated Press
10/05/2010 11:46 PM | Comments: 0
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – A former Armenian wrestling champion has been
convicted of kidnapping a man, beating him and demanding a $1 million
ransom.
A federal jury in Los Angeles found Vagan Adzhemyan guilty on
Monday. His first trial last year ended with a mistrial after the jury
deadlocked.
The 42-year-old Adzhemyan admitted kidnapping Sandro Karmryan, beating
him, shocking him with a stun gun, holding him captive for days and
demanding a $1 million ransom from his family. Authorities say the
kidnapping conspiracy ended with a police rescue of the near-death
victim.
The Armenian-born Adzhemyan argued his actions were necessary because
Karmryan was plotting to have him killed because he knew about an
alleged loan scam.
Adzhemyan was a champion wrestler in Armenia and the Soviet Union in
the 1980s.
His friend Galvin Gibson also was convicted in the plot.
___
Information from: Los Angeles Times,
Find this article at:
former-armenian-wrestling-champ-found-guilty-of-ki dnapping-business-associate-in-california-93372904 .html?viewAllComments=y