Crypto Torture, Kidnapping Caper
Suspect Uncovered When Bathrobe Got here Undone Throughout Arrest
Revealed
TMZ.com
The person suspected of kidnapping and torturing an Italian man over a crypto dispute suffered his personal indignity when he was arrested — his bathrobe got here undone.
Photographer and road vendor Ciaran Tully was minding his personal enterprise Friday when John Woeltz was faraway from his fancy NYC residence sporting solely a gown.
As he was escorted down the steps, Tully says his gown got here undone, so cops spared him the embarrassment and bundled him again up.
Woeltz — a 37-year-old man from Kentucky — was arrested Friday in New York Metropolis after an unidentified Italian man had escaped from his residence, flagged down a cop and advised the harrowing story of being held captive for two weeks.
Woeltz reportedly was making an attempt to get the Italian man’s password to his crypto account and used brazen ways to get his manner. He was additionally allegedly tased whereas his toes have been in water and threatened with an electrical chainsaw.
A girl was reportedly taken into custody as a attainable confederate, however the D.A. declined to file costs pending an additional investigation.
As for Woeltz, Tully says he is disgusted that the man allegedly did this over cash. As Tully mentioned, if he may afford to lease the residence for $40K a month, he did not want cash that badly to do what he is accused of doing.
