Ex-baseballer faces kidnapping charge
Published:Tuesday | August 31, 2010 | 3:03 PM
Police in the Dominican Republic have charged former US major league baseballer, Ambiorix Burgos, with kidnapping and attempted murder after his former wife said she was forced to eat rat poison.
According to the Associated Press, Burgos is suspected of kidnapping Dilenia Reynoso last Thursday from a prosecutor's home where she was hiding after allegedly receiving death threats from him.
Over the weekend, a judge had remanded the 26-year-old for three months while prosecutors prepare the case.
Last year, a New York jury found the ex-major leaguer guilty of assaulting his girlfriend.
He was sentenced to nine months in jail.