Jury Finds Quebec Man Guilty in Abduction, Extortion of NY Couple in September 2020

Sandra Helm walks in the hallway at the Montreal courthouse in Montreal on Jan. 18, 2023. The Canadian Press/Sidhartha Banerjee

A Quebec man was found guilty of multiple charges on Sunday for his role in the abduction of a couple in their 70s from Upstate New York in September 2020.

A jury convicted Gary Arnold on five counts including kidnapping, extortion and conspiracy to kidnap James and Sandra Helm of Moira, N.Y.