PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The investigation of the robbery of Columbia Sportswear Chairwoman Gert Boyle last week has revealed she was the target of a kidnapping plot.
The Oregonian reported that one of the three men arrested in the robbery told police he planned to kidnap her in exchange for $20,000 ransom.
Boyle was confronted by a man with a handgun outside her West Linn home but was able to trigger a silent alarm. The man fled when police arrived.
Three Honduran immigrants, all from the Beaverton area, were being held on charges including burglary, robbery, coercion, assault and kidnapping.