ALBANY, N.Y. – A northern New York couple has been accused of kidnapping two Amish sisters from their family’s roadside farm stand.
St. Lawrence County’s District Attorney Mary Rain says 39-year-old Stephen Howells and 25-year-old Nicole Vaisey of Hermon were each charged Friday with two counts each of first-degree kidnapping.
She says they’re in custody awaiting arraignment Friday night and additional charges are possible.
The sisters vanished Wednesday evening in Oswegatchie, touching off a massive search in the farming community near the Canadian border.
They turned up safe Thursday night at the door of a house 15 miles from their home.