Grant is the only suspect in the disappearance of Gabbiee Swainson.
Freddie Grant, 53, appealed the 17-year conviction handed down last week, WIS reports. Grant was convicted on federal charges after a box of shotgun shells and a box of .38 caliber bullets were found at his Elgin home, WIS reports. Read more here.
Freddie Grant will spend the next 17 years in prison.
The man accused of kidnapping Gabbiee Swainson will spend 212 months in prison on federal ammo charges, WIS reports. Read more HERE. Grant is currently the only suspect in the disappearance of Gabbiee Swainson, the 15-year-old who went missing in August. Read more about Gabbiee Swainson HERE or Freddie Grant HERE.
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Freddie Grant will be sentenced for possessing ammunition.
Freddie Grant, the man accused of kidnapping Gabbiee Swainson, will be sentenced in federal court on Thursday, WIS reports. Read more HERE. Grant faces 15 years to life in prison if the court deems him a career criminal. Read more about Freddie Grant HERE. He is also accused of kidnapping Swainson, the missing 15-year-old who disappeared from her home in August. Read more about Gabbiee Swainson HERE. Stay tuned to Patch for more updates on this story.
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Come to the Ridge View High School baseball game to see their support for Gabbiee Swainson.
The Ridge View High School baseball team will honor Gabbiee Swainson, the girl who has been missing for nine months. The Facebook post from Help Us Find Gabbiee reads: Ridge View High School will be honoring Gabbiee at their Senior Night Baseball game this coming Tuesday, April 16th at 7pm. Please come out show your continued support for Gabbiee and her family. For more information on the disappearance of Gabbiee Swainson, see this topic page.
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The jury decided Grant knew the ammo was in his home.
Freddie Grant, the man accused of kidnapping the 15-year-old Gabbiee Swainson, was convicted on federal ammo charges on Tuesday, WIS reports. The jury, after two-and-a-half hours of deliberation, decided that Grant knew of the ammo in his home. Read the full report HERE. Grant was prohibited from possessing ammunition because of his previous convictions. On Monday, Grant's daughter said the ammo was hers. Read more HERE. For more Northeast Columbia news, like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter or sign up for the free newsletter.
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2:10 pm on Tuesday, January 15, 2013
I think his daughter is lieing. Covering up for her father. Make me wonder if she I'd Invoved with Gabbie disappearance. more ›
The man accused of kidnapping Gabbiee Swainson was in court Monday on felony gun charges. The jury is set to deliberate on Tuesday.
Dominque Grant, Freddie Grant's 27-year-old daughter, said she brought a box of shotgun shells to her father's home because it contained her stash of marijuana. The tweets posted come from the reporters and other news outlets inside the courtroom. Stay with Patch for continuing updates on the Freddie Grant trial. Read more about the gun charges facing Freddie Grant HERE. For more Northeast Columbia news, like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter or sign up for the free newsletter.
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The man accused of kidnapping Gabbiee Swainson was in court Monday on felony gun charges. The jury is set to deliberate on Tuesday.
Dominque Grant, Freddie Grant's 27-year-old daughter, is expected to say she brought a box of shotgun shells to her father's home because it contained her stash of marijuana. The tweets posted come from the reporters and other news outlets inside the courtroom. Stay with Patch for continuing updates on the Freddie Grant trial. Read more about the gun charges facing Freddie Grant HERE. For more Northeast Columbia news, like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter or sign up for the free newsletter.
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In the first day of his trial, Freddie Grant's daughter said the ammo found in his home was hers.
In the first day of Freddie Grant's federal trial, his daughter, Dominque Grant, said she brought a box of shotgun shells to her father's home because it contained her stash of marijuana, WIS reports. Read the full story HERE. Grant was arrested on felony ammo charges before he was charged with the kidnapping of the missing 15-year-old Gabbiee Swainson. Dominique Grant said her father did not know about the ammo. Stay with Patch for updates on the Freddie Grant trial. For more Northeast Columbia news, like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter or sign up for the free newsletter.
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Grant is accused of kidnapping Gabbiee Swainson in August.
Jury selection for the man accused of kidnapping Gabbiee Swainson began Thursday with the trial beginning Monday, WLTX reports. Elvia Swainson, Gabbiee's mother, was in a relationship with Grant at the time the girl disappeared. Grant allegedly kidnapped the girl in August. Investigators found bloody duct tape and Swainson's DNA on a wine bottle in his home. Police said Grant had a key to the Swainson home and that he was missing on the morning the girl disappeared. The girl's last cell phone call originated from Grant's home. Grant also has prior drug charges in Florida. Read more about Freddie Grant's past HERE. The trial was postponed from October when he pleaded not guilty to felony gun charges Last month Grant said Swainson ran away. …
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Stop by the Cici's Pizza at the Village at Sandhills to help the Swainson family.
Those wanting to support the search for Gabbiee Swainson, the 15-year-old who has been missing since August, can come by the Cici's Pizza at Village at Sandhills Tuesday night. According to a Facebook post: We hope to see you for the fundraiser event for Gabbiee Swainson tomorrow at CiCi's Pizza in Sandhills from 5pm-8pm. Please like, share or tag yourself in the flyer to help spread the word. We are still searching and will never give up! God Bless! For more Northeast Columbia news, like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter or sign up for the free newsletter.
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richard kirchdofer
5:27 pm on Tuesday, April 23, 2013
17 YEARS IS HONESTLY A LOT OF PRISON TIME FOR HAVING A COUPLE BOXES OF AMMO, EVEN IF HE IS A CONVICYED FELON. THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY THING ON THI GUY TO CONVICT HIM OF KIDNAPPING OR ANYTHING ELSE SO THEY TRUMPED UP THIS CRAP TO PUT HIM AWAY. EITHER FIND EVIDENCE TO CHARGE THIS GUY OR LEAVE HIM ALONE more ›