Man Denies Kidnapping Attempt

Tue., Jan. 31, 1995

From Staff And Wire Reports

A 45-year-old man, facing charges that he and another man held eight people hostage last summer in a kidnap-robbery attempt, has pleaded innocent.

Teddy Pinkerton was arraigned on charges of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and robbery. District Judge Peter McDermott didn’t set a trial date, but continued a $1 million bond.

Pinkerton and Mark McGrath, 35, are accused of holding eight people hostage in an empty Pocatello building to get money through their bank cards.

McGrath is charged with eight counts of first-degree kidnapping and robbery. He also has pleaded innocent and a jury trial is scheduled March 28.

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