Kidnapper receives 30 years

? An Arizona man was sentenced Friday to 30 years in federal prison for kidnapping a southeast Kansas man last year and driving him around for hours while his wife visited banks in two states to get ransom money.

Larry Raifsnider, 39, of Flagstaff, Ariz., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Monti Belot to kidnapping and using a firearm to commit a violent crime.

Raifsnider admitted he entered the home of J.D. and Betty Crocker in Caney early on the morning of Nov. 19 and tied up the couple at gunpoint.

He forced them to open two safes and then took the husband hostage, instructing Betty Crocker to obtain $100,000 and wait for him at a pay phone in the Kmart parking lot in Bartlesville, Okla.

Betty Crocker drove to Coffeyville and withdrew $45,000 from her bank account. She then went to Oklahoma to withdraw $50,000 from another account, authorities said.

Officials at that bank called Bartlesville police, who contacted the FBI.

In the Kmart parking lot, Betty Crocker told the kidnapper she had been unable to get the money.

Officers watched the meeting and trailed a car driven by Raifsnider, who was arrested a short time later.

FBI officials have said Raifsnider faces criminal charges in several states, including a bank fraud charge in Illinois and charges for a similar kidnap scheme in northeast Arkansas.