WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita man has been charged with abducting a 15-year-old boy and shocking him with jumper cables to get information about a robbery.
The Wichita Eagle reports that 58-year-old Robert McDowell was charged Tuesday with aggravated kidnapping, aggravated battery, aggravated assault and criminal threat. It wasn’t immediately known whether he had an attorney.
Wichita police Lt. James Espinoza says a gun was placed against the boy’s back early Sunday as he was walking. Espinoza says the suspect took the teen to a garage, tied him to a trailer hitch, then attached jumper cables to his ears and shocked him repeatedly while questioning him about a recent robbery.
Police say the man’s wallet had been stolen, and he believed the teen knew who was responsible. The boy was eventually released.
