article_snippet.sent: This came just one day after the group demanded an apology from the police for calling the entire incident a hoax.
article_snippet.sent: a claim they both strongly denied.
article_snippet.sent: Kenny Park (above) grand Kenny Park (above) co-conspirators immunity from prosecution .
article_snippet.sent: the group consists of three members, two with college educations, and the group claim the group are also behind a recent string of burglaries and car thefts in the area.
article_snippet.sent: As for the ransom the ransom requested, what police believe to be a rather paltry $8,500, the ransom said: 'the ransom chose $8,500 because it was below the $10,000 reporting threshold, and far enough below that it likely would not be flagged as part of a structured transaction under that prong of the reporting law.'
article_snippet.sent: Huskins attorney, Doug Rappaport, said that the reason police called the incident a hoax is because the kidnappers used 'sophisticated computer skills' that neither the kidnappers or the FBI could 'comprehend.'
article_snippet.sent: Lt. Park, the Vallejo Police Department and the FBI all have yet to comment on the emails.