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Roseville Police Arrest Cleaner for Gunpoint Kidnapping, Assault

By Drooid · Sep 29, 2026, 12:20 AM UTC · How we work

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Roseville police arrested 41-year-old Isanti man Pao Yang for kidnapping and sexual assault.
Yang, a cleaner, allegedly tampered with surveillance before abducting a female employee at gunpoint on September 23.
He zip-tied the victim to a tree and assaulted her in a warehouse.
He released her near Phalen Golf Course in St. Paul.
A complaint charges him with first-degree sexual conduct, kidnapping, first-degree aggravated robbery and second-degree assault, bail $2.5 million.

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Roseville police arrested 41-year-old Isanti man Pao Yang for kidnapping and sexual assault.
Yang, a cleaner, allegedly tampered with surveillance before abducting a female employee at gunpoint on September 23.
He zip-tied the victim to a tree and assaulted her in a warehouse.
He released her near Phalen Golf Course in St. Paul.
A complaint charges him with first-degree sexual conduct, kidnapping, first-degree aggravated robbery and second-degree assault, bail $2.5 million.