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Police arrest four men in June kidnapping of boy, 7

Four men are in custody in the June 20 kidnapping of a 7-year-old boy in a bid to obtain a $240,000 ransom, police said yesterday.

Four men are in custody in the June 20 kidnapping of a 7-year-old boy in a bid to obtain a $240,000 ransom, police said yesterday.

The boy was abducted at gunpoint at 31st and Dickinson Streets in Grays Ferry and held for two hours before being released physically unharmed, police said. During the child's ordeal, the kidnappers called his father and demanded the ransom.

Marcus Goodwin, 23, of the 4900 block of Chancellor Street in West Philadelphia, was arrested Monday, and Rashan Mickens, 19, of the 7600 block of Brockton Road in Overbrook Park, was arrested Tuesday. They have been charged with kidnapping, aggravated assault and related offenses, police said.

Two other men - Tariq Moody, 24, of the 6500 block of Linmore Avenue in the Elmwood section of Southwest Philadelphia, and Lavar Ali Harley, 30, of the 5500 block of Pemberton Street in West Philadelphia - were in custody on unrelated charges in Chester County and were awaiting transfer to Philadelphia, police said.- Joseph A. Gambardello