FBI says it is looking for 3 in kidnapping, robbery plot
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Federal officials say they are looking for two men and a woman after the family of an East Tennessee bank employee was briefly kidnapped in an attempted extortion and robbery plot.
Media report the episode began Tuesday morning when an employee of the Y-12 Federal Credit Union in Oak Ridge reported a threat “in an attempt to obtain money from the credit union.”
FBI agents and Oak Ridge police placed the credit union on lockdown while the Knox County Sheriff’s Office responded to the family’s home in Knoxville.
The FBI said in a statement that the family was released Tuesday morning after law enforcement responded. No injuries were reported.
The FBI said the family was released in a subdivision about four miles from their home.
