What was the outcome of the kidnapping case against Laurinda Drake?”
For almost a year, Laurinda Drake woke up every morning knowing she could spend the rest of her life behind bars. She and another woman were accused of snatching a 6-year-old boy off the street near Mackey Elementary School on Sept. 8. Police said the pair took the first-grader as a stunt to highlight lax school security. But after a three-day trial, a jury Thursday found Drake not guilty. Drake burst into tears after the verdict was read in District Court. She hugged her attorneys and supporters inside the courtroom but declined to comment after she was found not guilty. avage said authorities never should have charged Drake, 41, with first-degree kidnapping, conspiracy to commit kidnapping and luring a child. She was acquitted on all charges.
