Two brothers from Texas held a Grant family hostage at gunpoint for nine hours, forced the father to drive to the family cabin in Jacobson, Minn., and then stole $36,000 in cryptocurrency from the man, according to court documents.

Isiah Angelo Garcia, 24, and Raymond Christian Garcia, 23, both of Waller, Texas, face seven charges in connection with the incident Friday at a house in the 7300 block of Inwood Way North.

The incident caused a “shelter in place” warning to be issued in the immediate area of 75th Street North and Inwood Way in Grant and caused the cancellation of Mahtomedi High School’s homecoming football game against Bloomington Kennedy. The high school is at 8000 75th St. N., about a mile away from where the kidnapping took place.

The incident started around 7:45 a.m. Fri

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