{"product_id":"operation-jacknap-a-true-story-of-kidnapping-extortion-ransom-and-rescue-9781642935233","title":"Operation Jacknap: A True Story of Kidnapping, Extortion, Ransom, and Rescue","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe incredible true story of one of America's largest ransom cases--and the massive FBI and police manhunt to bring the radical captors to justice.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e described what happened to New York businessman Jack Teich as a \"front page horror.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo hundred FBI agents and Nassau County police officers combined forces to form a dragnet, hunt for his kidnappers, and rescue him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTeich lay handcuffed and chained to the walls of a closet in the Bronx with a medical bandage wrapped around his head to cover his eyes. His captors demanded that his wife, Janet, drop a bag with $750,000 (the equivalent of four million dollars in today's currency) in a locker at Penn Station, making the Jack Teich ransom one of the highest in U.S. history at the time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFBI and Nassau County police detectives spent over a year before finally uncovering the meticulously planned kidnapping ploy hatched by radical mastermind Richard Warren Williams. The FBI internally dubbed the Jack Teich kidnapping operation \"Jacknap.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe real-life crime drama that followed proved stranger than fiction, involving a tense across-the-country manhunt, a trailer in California stuffed with tens of thousands of ransom dollars hidden inside, a contentious jury trial that dominated NYC headlines for months; a guilty verdict that was overturned twenty-one years later on a controversial technicality; a retrial stymied by a mysterious fire that incinerated court records; and a civil verdict ruling that the kidnapper pay Jack Teich back the ransom money, plus interest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOperation Jacknap\u003c\/i\u003e tells the incredible true crime story that continues even now. Indeed, as of this writing, no one knows where the majority of the ransom money is located. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInside, Teich also details his offer of a reward to anyone helping track down the still missing money and kidnappers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bombardier Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642935233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.80d","brand":"Jack Teich","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44431934554293,"sku":"9781642935233","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_cdc6bda4-abcb-42d1-9b20-14d14a552f50.jpg?v=1721138947","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/operation-jacknap-a-true-story-of-kidnapping-extortion-ransom-and-rescue-9781642935233","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}