A Federal Way man was sentenced to prison for a 2024 incident where he kidnapped a woman from Auburn because her husband did not deliver $2,500 worth of cocaine to the man.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), on Jan. 14, a federal judge sentenced Daniel Lopez, 25, of Federal Way, to eight years in prison for using a firearm in a crime of violence. This charge stems from an Oct. 13, 2024, incident where Lopez abducted a woman from her home in Auburn, and she was later found in Guatemala.
According to the DOJ, the woman’s husband and a male victim, who was also kidnapped, took $2,500 from Lopez for cocaine, but the cocaine was never delivered. Two witnesses reported seeing the woman leaving with two men, one of whom was carrying a firearm and was later identified as Lopez…