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William Duplessie, 32, faces charges of kidnapping, assault, unlawful imprisonment and criminal possession of a weapon, according to police.

His arrest comes four days after the alleged victim — a 28-year-old Italian national — escaped, bloodied and barefoot, from a lavish townhouse where he said he had been severely beaten, drugged, shocked and threatened with death for nearly three weeks.

On Friday evening, hours after the man’s escape, the crypto investor John Woeltz was taken into custody and charged in the alleged kidnapping scheme.

Authorities said the pair lured the victim into an eight-bedroom apartment in Manhattan’s Soho neighborhood, one of the most expensive in the city, on May 6 to steal his Bitcoin fortune.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

If he "donates" 1million to 47 he can walk out

[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I can't for the life of me understand folks who don't just want to live a comfortable uncomplicated life. A well to do hobbit life is the ideal to me. I don't want to hear any lamentations or have folks driven before me. I just want to wake up when I wake up and go to sleep when Im tired and all while as full a belly as I care to and shelter from the elements at as comfortable a temperature as I feel like at that moment. To have time to be clean and orderly as I care to be. And as good of health as I can with access to information to sate my curiosity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

My name is Yoshikage Kira. I'm 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Morioh, where all the villas are, and I am not married. I work as an employee for the Kame Yu department stores, and I get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don't smoke, but I occasionally drink. I'm in bed by 11 PM, and make sure I get eight hours of sleep, no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about twenty minutes of stretches before going to bed, I usually have no problems sleeping until morning. Just like a baby, I wake up without any fatigue or stress in the morning. I was told there were no issues at my last check-up. I'm trying to explain that I'm a person who wishes to live a very quiet life. I take care not to trouble myself with any enemies, like winning and losing, that would cause me to lose sleep at night. That is how I deal with society, and I know that is what brings me happiness. Although, if I were to fight I wouldn't lose to anyone.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The occasional adventure would be nice though. Maybe a jaunt to Bree. Or perhaps a stroll along the brandywine.

[–] Kowowow 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

A hobbit level extreme sport would be something like paintball I bet, for the ones that want to really get thier blood pumping

just occurred to me but I could totally see hobbits being the biggest trash talkers in online gaming in all of middle earth

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

“I ate yer mom for second breakfast!”

“Tell her I still have room for elevates!”

(When another player starts talking shit,)

“Tell your mom I’m sorry, but my toe hair is already curly enough!”

[–] Kowowow 2 points 1 day ago

"I heard your mom was pregnant but it turned out smeagle just climbed up inside her"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago

I look forward to him being pardoned by Trump after a relative attends a pricey fundraiser.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (3 children)

32? Looks more like 42.

Also, Jesse Plemons could play him in a movie someday.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’ve been noticing this a lot lately. I’m 35 and I feel pretty old but damn do people just a few years younger than me look so fucking old. What’s up with that??

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Genetics. What you eat. How much you eat. How long you stay in the sun. If you smoke.

Different factors. I'm about twenty years older than this guy, but most people will say I'm younger than he is.

35 is not old. I don't feel old, though my back hurts sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I thought this was a still from an upcoming Jesse Plemons project and was growing frustrated that the author left out the title.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

sigh Jesse Duplessie

Also I hope Jesse Plemons is in his 40s now otherwise that's savage.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

To be fair I also noticed the "someday" after the fact, so I'm not so insulted for my boy

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Impressive, very nice. Let's see Paul Allens victim.