May 11, 2008 6:22 pm US/Eastern
Police: 2 Teens Tortured Over Video Game
BALTIMORE (WJZ) ―
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One of the four suspects in the kidnappings, 21-year-old Christopher Johnson, is now in police custody charged with at least two counts of kidnapping and aggravated assault.
Two teens endure torturing and possible sexual assaults after a Playstation game turned up missing.
Police say the 16 and 17-year-old males showed up at a home last Friday in the 6500-block of McLean Boulevard asking for help.
They were suffering from multiple traumas. One teen had a broken eye socket, burn marks, cut marks and had been beaten. Police believe the other teen was sexually assaulted.
The teens say they left Reginald F. Lewis High School in the afternoon going to the Towson to fill out job applications.
While they were at a bus stop, they were accosted by several suspects, thrown into a vehicle, blindfolded and taken to a location where they were tortured.
One suspect, 21-year-old Christopher Johnson, is now in police custody. He's charged with at least two counts of kidnapping and aggravated assault.
Police are still searching for the three remaining attackers. They say the teens may have known the attackers.
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