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.

  • HubertManne
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    682 days ago

    I can’t for the life of me understand folks who don’t just want to live a comfortable uncomplicated life. A well to do hobbit life is the ideal to me. I don’t want to hear any lamentations or have folks driven before me. I just want to wake up when I wake up and go to sleep when Im tired and all while as full a belly as I care to and shelter from the elements at as comfortable a temperature as I feel like at that moment. To have time to be clean and orderly as I care to be. And as good of health as I can with access to information to sate my curiosity.

    • FuglyDuck
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      252 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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        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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          42 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!”

    • idunnololz
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      My name is Yoshikage Kira. I’m 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Morioh, where all the villas are, and I am not married. I work as an employee for the Kame Yu department stores, and I get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don’t smoke, but I occasionally drink. I’m in bed by 11 PM, and make sure I get eight hours of sleep, no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about twenty minutes of stretches before going to bed, I usually have no problems sleeping until morning. Just like a baby, I wake up without any fatigue or stress in the morning. I was told there were no issues at my last check-up. I’m trying to explain that I’m a person who wishes to live a very quiet life. I take care not to trouble myself with any enemies, like winning and losing, that would cause me to lose sleep at night. That is how I deal with society, and I know that is what brings me happiness. Although, if I were to fight I wouldn’t lose to anyone.

    • Cousin Mose
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      I’ve been noticing this a lot lately. I’m 35 and I feel pretty old but damn do people just a few years younger than me look so fucking old. What’s up with that??

      • Genetics. What you eat. How much you eat. How long you stay in the sun. If you smoke.

        Different factors. I’m about twenty years older than this guy, but most people will say I’m younger than he is.

        35 is not old. I don’t feel old, though my back hurts sometimes.

    • @thefartographer@lemm.ee
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      52 days ago

      I thought this was a still from an upcoming Jesse Plemons project and was growing frustrated that the author left out the title.