3 Indicted in Wynn Kidnaping

LAS VEGAS — Three men were indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on charges stemming from the kidnaping of the daughter of casino mogul Stephen A. Wynn.

Ray Cuddy, Jacob Sherwood and Anthony Watkins were charged with extortion and use of a firearm during a crime of violence.

Authorities are still searching for Sherwood, 21, and Watkins, 20, two Sacramento men who investigators believe were recruited by Cuddy to help in the kidnaping.

Two Sacramento women were also indicted on charges they lied during an appearance before the grand jury last week when they said they had not seen Sherwood or Watkins since the kidnaping.

The indictment charges Glenda and Mary McBride with giving a false declaration before the grand jury Aug. 4 when they said they had not seen Sherwood or Watkins.

Assistant U.S. Atty. Tom O’Connell said authorities had determined that the two women had been with Sherwood and Watkins when they returned to Sacramento a day after the July 26 kidnaping of Kevin Wynn.

O’Connell said arrest warrants were issued for the McBrides.

Cuddy, who has been jailed in Los Angeles since his arrest a few days after the kidnaping, is scheduled for arraignment in federal court Aug. 24 in Las Vegas.

The three men face up to 25 years in prison on the charges, but O’Connell said federal sentencing guidelines would normally call for 15-year sentences if they are convicted.

Cuddy, 47, was charged in a criminal complaint a day after he was arrested in Newport Beach for allegedly kidnaping Kevin Wynn from her posh Las Vegas home.

She was found tied up but unharmed a few hours after the kidnaping in the back seat of her car in the McCarren International Airport parking lot. Her father, whose company operates the Mirage hotel-casino and other gaming properties, had paid a $1.45-million ransom.

At the time of his arrest, Cuddy was trying to buy a $200,000 Ferrari at a Newport Beach auto dealership.

Prosecutors said earlier that about $1.2 million of the ransom money was still missing.