Suspect in Canada Kidnapping Plot May Have Extra Victims, Authorities Say

[ad_1] A Michigan man has been arrested and charged within the U.S. with tried kidnapping of a minor and is dealing with a number of prison expenses in Canada.

Shahzad Hameedi, 46, of Royal Oak, Michigan is dealing with expenses of aggravated sexual assault and sexual interference, after he allegedly sexually assaulted a four-year-old boy, Windsor, Ontario Police Employees Sergeant David Tennent, stated throughout a press convention Friday.

"I do not bear in mind laying expenses like this towards a person for one thing like this. That is very, very severe," the sergeant defined.

The case—described by U.S. prosecutors and Windsor police as an alleged cross‑border plot that included a violent dwelling invasion and proof of a deliberate abduction—has prompted investigators to warn there could also be extra victims throughout Canada and a number of other U.S. states.

Newsweek has reached out to the U.S. Lawyer's Workplace, Jap District of Michigan by e mail throughout non-working hours Saturday for extra data on courtroom appearances and authorized illustration for Hameedi.

The costs haven't been confirmed in courtroom, and all defendants are harmless till confirmed responsible.

Why it Issues Legislation enforcement companies characterize the alleged plan as a violent, cross‑border risk to kids and households and say the suspect used a number of identities which will have enabled him to focus on victims in numerous jurisdictions.

The allegations elevate public security considerations, and investigative challenges for police in Ontario and U.S. jurisdictions, and will result in prosecutions in each nations.

What To Know Investigators say the probe started in June 2025 after a Windsor mom reported accidents on her son following unsupervised contact with Hameedi, whom she had met on a courting app earlier in 2025.

Medical experts decided the kid's accidents have been per sexual assault, Tennent stated.

Windsor investigators and U.S. authorities later linked a masked night time‑time dwelling invasion and assault on the boy's mom to Hameedi.

Shahzad Hameedi has been arrested by US authorities following a cross-border kidnapping plot, in line with Windsor, Ontario Police. Shahzad Hameedi has been arrested by US authorities following a cross-border kidnapping plot, in line with Windsor, Ontario Police. Windsor, Ontario Police When regulation enforcement executed search warrants at Hameedi's Royal Oak residence, officers say they discovered a laminated ransom observe, a stun gun, zip ties and different objects they are saying have been tailor-made for an abduction, in line with a report from ClickOnDetroit.com.

Tennent instructed reporters Hameedi used a number of aliases and should have exploited on-line courting websites to ascertain contact with victims throughout Canada and in U.S. states together with Michigan, Indiana and New York.

What Folks Are Saying U.S. Lawyer Jerome F. Gorgon stated in a press launch: "The defendant's alleged plan to kidnap a younger baby by sneaking throughout the border to Canada, breaking right into a mom's dwelling at night time, strangling her, after which assaulting her harmless, younger baby two days later is diabolical. No father or mother or baby ought to ever be subjected to this wickedness. We'll carry the complete pressure of the regulation towards violent predators."

Windsor Police Employees Sergeant David Tennent stated throughout a press convention Friday: "There's going to be some authorized backwards and forwards between the attorneys within the States and the attorneys in Canada as to what occurs [and we'll see what happens] with our expenses right here in Canada."

What Occurs Subsequent Hameedi stays detained in Michigan and faces U.S. prosecution first, with Windsor police pursuing extradition so he can ultimately face Canadian expenses, officers stated.

"The steps proper now are, he can be prosecuted within the U.S., after which, in Canada, we're mainly in a maintain and wait to see scenario," Tennent instructed reporters.

Investigators throughout a number of companies, together with Windsor Police, the Ontario Provincial Police, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and U.S. authorities, proceed to probe whether or not Hameedi used aliases to focus on different victims.

Authorities have urged anybody with details about Hameedi's aliases, on-line profiles or attainable different victims to contact the Windsor Police Main Crimes Unit or Crime Stoppers.