{"product_id":"operation-jacknap-a-true-story-of-kidnapping-extortion-ransom-and-rescue","title":"Operation Jacknap: A True Story of Kidnapping, Extortion, Ransom, and Rescue","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eOperation Jacknap: A True Story of Kidnapping, Extortion, Ransom, and Rescue\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJack Teich\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781642935233\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBombardier Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2020\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e208\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\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\n\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\n\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.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Bombardier Books","offers":[{"title":"Operation Jacknap: A True Story of Kidnapping, Extortion, Ransom, and Rescue | Jack Teich | Hardcover | 9781642935233 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks E 1765872","offer_id":49376677920920,"sku":"1765872","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81VRVyMW6yL.jpg?v=1783015532","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/operation-jacknap-a-true-story-of-kidnapping-extortion-ransom-and-rescue","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}