Two people were arrested in New York City Friday in connection with the kidnapping and torture of an Italian tourist, authorities said.

John Woeltz, 37, was barefoot and dressed in a white bathrobe as he was escorted by NYPD officers down the steps of a home at 38 Prince St. in SoHo. He was questioned at the 5th Precinct and later charged with two counts of second-degree assault, and one count each of first-degree kidnapping, first-degree unlawful imprisonment, and criminal possession of a firearm.

Woeltz, who was arraigned on Saturday, is considered a flight risk and was ordered to remain in custody and surrender his passport .

The NYPD on Saturday announced a second person, 24-year-old Beatrice Folchi of Manhattan, had been taken into custody in connection with the case on one co

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