Watertown Police Arrest Suspect in Kidnapping, Home Invasion

Watertown police have arrested a man who is accused of kidnapping and robbing a man and invading his home and they expect to make more arrests.

Police started investigating on April 23 when they were called to the area of Falls and Sunnyside avenues to investigate reports of a man being kidnapped at gunpoint.

They learned that the victim had met with a female at his home and she drove him a short distance away before stopping the vehicle on the side of the road. Once she stopped, two men who were following in another vehicle got into the backseat of her vehicle and 22-year-old Youssef Mohammed, of Bridgeport, pointed a Colt .45 handgun at the victim and asked for “the money and drugs,” police said.

The group brought the victim back to his house and Mohammed and another man forced him inside then stole cash and some electronics, according to police.

The victim was not hurt and the female and three males left, according to police.

When police found Mohammed, they located drugs on him and he was held on drug charges, according to police.

After the incident, detectives learned that Mohammed was trying to threaten and intimidate the victim, police said. He was charged with attempt at intimidating a witness.

Police believe the victim was specifically targeted and they expect to make more arrests.

Youssef was charged with reckless endangerment in the first degree, kidnapping in the first degree with a firearm, home invasion, burglary in the first degree, larceny in the second degree and robbery in the first degree.

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