William Duplessie, 32, faces charges of kidnapping, assault, unlawful imprisonment and criminal possession of a weapon, according to police.

His arrest comes four days after the alleged victim — a 28-year-old Italian national — escaped, bloodied and barefoot, from a lavish townhouse where he said he had been severely beaten, drugged, shocked and threatened with death for nearly three weeks.

On Friday evening, hours after the man’s escape, the crypto investor John Woeltz was taken into custody and charged in the alleged kidnapping scheme.

Authorities said the pair lured the victim into an eight-bedroom apartment in Manhattan’s Soho neighborhood, one of the most expensive in the city, on May 6 to steal his Bitcoin fortune.

  • FuglyDuck
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    253 days ago

    The occasional adventure would be nice though. Maybe a jaunt to Bree. Or perhaps a stroll along the brandywine.

    • @Kowowow@lemmy.ca
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      3 days ago

      A hobbit level extreme sport would be something like paintball I bet, for the ones that want to really get thier blood pumping

      just occurred to me but I could totally see hobbits being the biggest trash talkers in online gaming in all of middle earth

      • FuglyDuck
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        43 days ago

        “I ate yer mom for second breakfast!”

        “Tell her I still have room for elevates!”

        (When another player starts talking shit,)

        “Tell your mom I’m sorry, but my toe hair is already curly enough!”