Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald<\/a>.<\/p>\nDani Amanuel, Kenny Fetiere and Kibret Meles were charged Tuesday in the abduction. A fourth suspect involved in the plot has not been identified.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe defendants carried out a calculated and vicious kidnapping\u2014luring the victim into a waiting car in Manhattan, beating and robbing him as they drove through the Lincoln Tunnel, stealing his property, and abandoning him bloodied in New Jersey,\u201d McDonald said.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors said that the suspects spotted their victim while he was having dinner the night of June 10 and began chatting him up.<\/p>\n
The thieves encouraged him to go to the strip club, where they got him very drunk, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n
When the night was over, the suspects took the victim to their Hyundai, promising a ride back to his hotel, officials said. But instead of bringing him back, they headed to the Lincoln Tunnel and restrained their victim.<\/p>\n
The crooks beat him savagely, at one point slashing him with a machete, while demanding his iPhone password, officials said. They then took his property and dropped him off in a nature preserve in West Orange, NJ, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n
The victim had to be hospitalized for three days due to his injuries, which included four broken bones around his eyes and a gash on his finger that required stitches. A photo taken of the victim following the attack shows him covered in blood, which almost completely stained his light blue polo shirt crimson.<\/p>\n
Fetiere and Meles were arrested Tuesday morning, while Amanuel remained at large.<\/p>\n
The defendants were each charged with kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping, each of which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison, officials said.<\/p>\n
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