Taunton Man Gets 17 Years For Quincy Kidnapping

BOSTON, MA — A Taunton man will spend nearly two decades behind bars for the kidnapping of a Quincy man and two teenagers.

Malik Bangura, 20, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Boston to 17 years in prison and two years of supervised release. In September, Bangura pleaded guilty to kidnapping after being arrested and charged in April 2017. Diego Pires, 23, of Brockton; Sedrick Oliveira, 26, of Stoughton; and Yesenia Diaz, 23, of Brockton were also charged, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.

On Oct. 8, 2016, at approximately 10:25 p.m., a 30-year-old man was kidnapped from the driveway of his Marina Bay home after being struck in the head with a revolver as he got out of his truck, and dragged into a nearby sedan. The victim had two children strapped into their car seats in his truck.

After the victim was placed in the sedan, Pires and Bangura allegedly drove the victim’s truck with the children to a secluded location where they unloaded approximately 30 pounds of marijuana and $20,000 from the victim’s truck into the sedan, the U.S. Attorney's office said. The victim, who was face-down in the backseat of the sedan at gunpoint, begged for his life and the life of the two children who were still in their car seats in the back of the truck.

Diaz, Bangura, Pires and Oliveira then drove the sedan with the drugs, cash and the victim, from Quincy to Brockton and called the victim’s wife demanding $100,000. Law enforcement officers spotted the sedan as it drove through Brockton, recognized the vehicle from a drive-by shooting that occurred in August 2016, and began to follow it. After the defendants recognized the police, they attempted to flee, but ultimately abandoned the sedan in a Brockton driveway. The victim escaped, flagged down law enforcement officers, and described to them the secluded location where the truck had been disserted. Law enforcement located the truck with the children, who were unharmed.

Diaz was subsequently found standing by the sedan and arrested. She previously pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing. Oliveira was arrested on Oct. 10, 2016, in Stoughton and charged in a federal criminal complaint. He pleaded not guilty to the kidnapping charge and his case is still pending in U.S. District Court. Pires remained a fugitive until he was apprehended in October 2017. He also pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial.

Information from the U.S. Attorney's office was used in this story.

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