WASHINGTON – A Grand Forks man is sentenced to 30 years in prison for federal crimes.
Kyle Maez-Schaak, age 33, was sentenced for his role in a kidnapping for ransom resulting in the beating of the victim, holding him at gunpoint, and transporting him across state lines to Minnesota to collect an unpaid drug debt.
The victim owed $6,000 for 500 grams of methamphetamine. Maez-Schaack and others took the victim to Moorhead, where he was held and ordered to call his friends and family to ask for money. Despite several calls, he was unable to raise the funds. The victim was eventually left unattended and was able to escape.
Maez-Schaak pled guilty in February to four crimes, including kidnapping, drug trafficking conspiracy brandishing a firearm during the kidnapping and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
