Kidnaped Girl Released; 5 Suspects Arrested

A 3-year-old Westside girl was reunited with her mother Friday, less than 24 hours after she was abducted at gunpoint from her driveway by kidnapers who demanded a ransom of cocaine and cash, police said.

The kidnap victim, Porshea Hamilton, was released about midnight--15 hours after the abduction--on a street about eight miles from her home, police said. Four men and a 16-year-old boy were arrested.

Undercover police officers negotiated with the kidnapers, authorities said. Officers arrested three men and the 16-year-old when they allegedly attempted to recover the ransom in a South-Central Los Angeles parking lot at about 9:30 p.m. Thursday. The fifth suspect was arrested later.

The suspects were identified as Harold Bridges, 27; Tonia Hilt, 21; Donzeal Hill, 20, and Byron Williams, also 20. The 16-year-old’s name was not released because of his age.