John Woeltz, 37, and William Duplessie, 33 -- have since been indicted by a grand jury on a dozen counts, including kidnapping, assault and coercion.

John Woeltz rented the Prince Street townhouse in Nolita where the alleged kidnapping and torture took place. An Italian man escaped a New York City apartment where he says he was kidnapped and ...

John Woeltz rented the Prince Street townhouse in Nolita where the alleged kidnapping and torture took place. An Italian man escaped a New York City apartment where he says he was kidnapped and ...

A Kentucky man, 37-year-old John Woeltz, was arrested in Lower Manhattan over the weekend, accused of kidnapping and torturing an Italian tourist. Skip to content NOWCAST WLKY News at 9:00am Saturday ...

A bitcoin investor charged with kidnapping and torturing a man in New York City is linked to a similar case in Kentucky ... of the victim's panicked mother in February, months before John Woeltz's ...

NEW YORK -- The two men charged in an alleged kidnapping and torture case in SoHo have pleaded not guilty to charges against them on Wednesday. John Woeltz, 37, and William Duplessie, 32, who ...

Officials say Duplessie is a business partner of John Woeltz. ... After arriving in New York City on May 6, the victim was kidnapped and held inside the townhouse on Prince Street.

NEW YORK -- A crypto entrepreneur was arrested Friday after a tourist from Italy told police he was tortured in the suspect's luxury apartment in New York City for more than two weeks, according ...

John Woeltz, 37, has been charged with two counts of assault, kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, and criminal possession of a weapon, according to the New York City Police Department.. A bloody ...

John Woeltz made headlines on Friday following his arrest in New York City for allegedly kidnapping and torturing a man in a bid to get access to his Bitcoin password. Prior to that, the 37-year ...

John Woeltz was arrested on May 23, ... According to a criminal complaint filed in Manhattan criminal court, an unnamed man told New York City police that Woeltz and another man, ...