3 accused of abducting, beating man in Rochester
Victim suffers non-life-threatening injuries
Andy Hershberger
WEBVTT FEARING FOR HIS LIFE AFTER HE WAS HELD AGAINST HIS WILL BY THREE MEN. POLICE SAY THE INCIDENT STARTED HERE ON CHESTNUT STREET IN ROCHESTER WHERE THREE PEOPLE, 22-YEAR-OLD DYLAN MADORE, 21-YEAR-OLD GARRETT PEHOWIC, A 23-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY SMITH, KIDNAPPED A 21-YEAR-OLD MAN THEY KNEW. CAPT PINKHAM: SOME SORT OF ALTERCATION ENSUED. THE MALE WAS THEN FORCED INTO A VEHICLE AND SUPPOSEDLY BE TRANSPORTED TO AN UNKNOWN LOCATION AGAINST HIS WILL. >> THIS IS AN ALLEGATION OF A SIGNIFICANT ONE OF THIS INDIVIDUAL BEING LURED TO THIS RESIDENCE AND ATTEMPT TO TIE HIM UP WITH ZIP TIES. HE WAS ASSAULTED SIGNIFICANTLY. ANDY: ALL THREE SUSPECTS HAVE ENTERED NOT GUILTY PLEAS. ONLY PEHOWIC AND SMITH APPEARED IN COURT FOR BAIL HEARINGS. POLICE SAY THE VICTIM WAS FORCED INTO A CAR AND DRIVEN AROUND ROCHESTER, ALL THE TIME UNABLE TO LEAVE. COURT RECORDS SAY IT APPEARS MADORE ACCUSED THE VICTIM OF STEALING MONEY. CAPT. PINKHAM: THEY WERE THREATENING TO HARM HIM. AT ONE POINT, HE THOUGHT ONE OF THEM SAID SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT THAT THEY WOUD TAKE HIM OUT IN THE WOODS AND KILL HIM. SO BETWEEN THEIR PHYSICAL ALTERCATION AND THE WORDS BEING SAID, HE DID FEAR FOR HIS LIFE. TOM: -- ANDY: POLICE SAY THE VICTIM WAS ABLE TO KICK OUT A CAR WINDOW TO ESCAPE AND CALL FOR HELP FROM THIS CONVENIENCE STORE ON HIGHLAND STREET. ALL THREE SUSPECTS WERE LATER TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. ALL MEN PLEADED NOT GUILY AND THREE ARE BEING HELD ON $50,000 BA
Three men are accused of assaulting and kidnapping another man in Rochester. Rochester police said the victim feared for his life at one point and had to be taken to a hospital, but he's expected to be OK.>> Download the FREE WMUR appThe 21-year-old victim was allegedly kidnapped Wednesday on Chestnut Street, police said. Dylan Madore, 22; Garrett Pehowic, 21; and Anthony Smith, 23, were later arrested and charged with kidnapping. "There was some sort of altercation that ensued," Capt. Todd Pinkham said. "The male was then forced into a vehicle and would supposedly be transported to an unknown location against his will." "This is an allegation -- a significant one -- of an individual being lured to this residence and attempts to tie him up with zip ties," Assistant Strafford County Attorney Tim Sullivan said. "He was assaulted significantly." The three suspects entered pleas of not guilty. Only Pehowic and Smith appeared in court Thursday for bail hearings. Police said the victim was forced into a car and driven around Rochester. According to court records, Madore allegedly accused the victim of stealing money. "They were threatening to harm him," Pinkham said. "At one point, he thought one of them said something to the effect that they would take him out in the woods and kill him. So, between their physical altercation and some of the words that were being said, he did fear for his life." Police said the victim was able to kick out a car window to escape and call for help from a convenience store on Highland Street. The three men are being held on $50,000 bail each.
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Three men are accused of assaulting and kidnapping another man in Rochester.
Rochester police said the victim feared for his life at one point and had to be taken to a hospital, but he's expected to be OK.
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The 21-year-old victim was allegedly kidnapped Wednesday on Chestnut Street, police said. Dylan Madore, 22; Garrett Pehowic, 21; and Anthony Smith, 23, were later arrested and charged with kidnapping.
"There was some sort of altercation that ensued," Capt. Todd Pinkham said. "The male was then forced into a vehicle and would supposedly be transported to an unknown location against his will."
"This is an allegation -- a significant one -- of an individual being lured to this residence and attempts to tie him up with zip ties," Assistant Strafford County Attorney Tim Sullivan said. "He was assaulted significantly."
The three suspects entered pleas of not guilty. Only Pehowic and Smith appeared in court Thursday for bail hearings.
Police said the victim was forced into a car and driven around Rochester. According to court records, Madore allegedly accused the victim of stealing money.
"They were threatening to harm him," Pinkham said. "At one point, he thought one of them said something to the effect that they would take him out in the woods and kill him. So, between their physical altercation and some of the words that were being said, he did fear for his life."
Police said the victim was able to kick out a car window to escape and call for help from a convenience store on Highland Street.
The three men are being held on $50,000 bail each.