{"id":356078,"date":"2026-09-24T21:20:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T21:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/356078\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T21:20:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T21:20:41","slug":"men-kidnapped-man-outside-nyc-club-beat-him-left-him-in-west-orange-feds-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/356078\/","title":{"rendered":"Men kidnapped man outside NYC club, beat him, left him in West Orange, feds say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ZUTLWEMLYVBG7GFTXOS27MKMMY\">Two Essex County men are among three people charged with kidnapping a man outside a Midtown Manhattan club, beating him during a drive through the Lincoln Tunnel and abandoning him in West Orange, federal prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ELWOLFANXBHIDOMRJT765VAGYM\">Kenny Fetiere, 26, of West Orange, and Kibret Meles, 28, of Livingston, were arrested Tuesday, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Southern District of New York said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2IY32QER5VCPDIXWOVMCHMWZ5I\">Dani Amanuel, 28, of Manhattan, remained at large when prosecutors announced the charges. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"T7URUOOKEZGPFLIJIBQ7YLTPBU\">The three men and others allegedly offered the victim a ride from outside the club to his hotel on June 12. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"IU75CBQX4VGIZOPR7ZD6VZZ2SI\">Once he got into their car, they restrained him, struck him with their hands and a sharp object, and demanded his Rolex watch, iPhone and phone password, according to the indictment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"YWZBBBHQ3JEWXOT74FR3X4565I\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/22\/us-news\/lawyer-visiting-nyc-for-work-abducted-outside-strip-club-feds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/22\/us-news\/lawyer-visiting-nyc-for-work-abducted-outside-strip-club-feds\/\">The New York Post<\/a> reported the man was an attorney visiting Manhattan for work and that he was at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ricksnewyork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ricksnewyork.com\/\">Rick\u2019s Cabaret on West 33rd Street<\/a> when he was abducted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"Q7DCMDDG3ZCN3FL53U5VNEPGHE\">The suspects allegedly drove the victim through the Lincoln Tunnel into New Jersey and left him in West Orange. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CXMFAVJY3RAH7IL6A5332NKL3Y\">The indictment does not identify the victim or say where in West Orange he was abandoned. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RNL4OYHIGRCEDLRBRBJ5ZFQEEA\">The victim suffered multiple fractures to the bones around his face, a cut to his finger that required stitches and bruising. He spent three days in a hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"W7EHNSZWRBHZNCL7L4IRCGC6E4\">Each man is charged with kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RHGHYK7QABFT3KPLVFTT3THI54\">Attorney information was not immediately available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Essex County men are among three people charged with kidnapping a man outside a Midtown Manhattan club,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-356078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}