Local Alleged Father/Son Kidnapping Team Arrested by Gary Kopycinski on August 31, 2007 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Local: Park Forest’s Sandra Zoellner Retires After 21 Years of Service June 17, 2026 Save the date for The Prairie Party at theNate June 17, 2026 Governors State Has New Soccer Complex and New Men’s Coach June 17, 2026 Ricky Walker (left) and Samuel Jackson (right) were arrested August 31 and charged in connection with an alleged kidnapping/robbery that originated in Park Forest on July 22, 2007. (Photographs: Park Forest Police Department)