Several people have been arrested for their apparent role in a kidnapping that ended in Clinton, police said.
Authorities said nine people took part in an alleged kidnapping that happened in Port Chester, New York. A man told officers that he was threatening with what looked like a firearm and was brought to Clinton late Monday night.
The police department said they responded to the Clinton Outlets for a reported noise complaint. A caller reported that a group of people in the parking lot were creating a disturbance after the outlets closed for the evening.
Responding officers found several people in the parking lot. An arrest report says the men told police they were just talking.
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One of the men told officers he was kidnapped because the group of men "believed he knew people that had stolen coke [cocaine] from them," the report reads. The man goes on to say that the "boss" was from around the Clinton area, but that is still being investigated by police.
A police K9 located a fake gun that looked real in the woods nearby. Authorities also found a baseball bat, police-issued pepper spray and ski masks.
The man who was kidnapped was taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries, according to police.
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Six men and three minors, mainly from New York, were arrested. All nine people face charges including first-degree kidnapping with a firearm, illegal use of a facsimile firearm, unlawful restraint, robbery, assault, threatening and much more.
The adults were all held on $250,000 bonds, and the minors were taken to the Bridgeport Juvenile Detention Center.
