Five Massachusetts men were charged in an alleged gang-related kidnapping and torture conspiracy, while two suspects remain at large.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the masked kidnappers assaulted the victim outside of his Quincy home and forced him, at gunpoint, to enter the passenger seat of his car on Feb. 27. The suspects then drove the victim to a garage in Saugus where they allegedly beat, burned, and assaulted him.
The suspects also made video calls on the victim’s phone to his spouse and others demanding ransom, during which they allegedly tortured him. Some of those contacted picked up ransom funds from the victim’s spouse and an acquaintance.
The suspects collected $4,000 in cash from the victim and his credit and debit cards and $18,000 in cash and a Rolex watch fro