Italian Tourist Allegedly Held Captive and Tortured for Weeks by Crypto Trader in NYC
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- An Italian tourist was held captive for more than two weeks in a Manhattan apartment
- The tourist escaped on Friday, May 23
- Police arrested a crypto trader from Kentucky
An Italian tourist was allegedly held captive and tortured for more than two weeks inside a New York City apartment, but managed to escape — and now his captor has been arrested, according to multiple reports citing police.
On Friday, May 23, the 28-year-old tourist fled the apartment on the corner of Prince Street and Mulberry Street in Manhattan and ran to a traffic agent for help, police sources told the Daily News.
The victim told police he arrived in the U.S. from Italy on May 6 and went to the rented home of the alleged suspect, John Woeltz,…
