Associated Press: The grandfather of a 6-year-old Nevada boy who was abducted last month was accused Monday of squirreling away millions of dollars skimmed from a U.S.-Mexico drug smuggling operation using a hidden compartment in a recreational vehicle.

Clemens Fred Tinnemeyer, 51, and his girlfriend, Terri Lynn Leavy, 42, were charged with interstate and foreign travel or transportation in aid of racketeering enterprises -- a felony that prosecutors said is punishable by up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The two were being investigated by federal drug enforcement agents when the boy, Cole Puffinburger, was abducted Oct. 15, according to a criminal complaint unsealed during their appearance Monday in federal court.

Police had said two gunmen who posed as police officers tied up the boy's mother and her boyfriend, ransacked their Las Vegas home and took the boy when they couldn't find money Tinnemeyer allegedly stole from Mexican drug traffickers.

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