‘Security guard for prostitutes’ beating three victims with two-by-four, holding one captive for a week, prosecutors claim

A Chicago man who told investigators he works as a security guard for prostitutes chained a customer to a metal pole in a basement apartment for a week, forced him to liquidate his stock portfolio and withdraw more than $32,000 in cash from two banks, then beat him so severely he suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung, according to prosecutors.

While the victim was confined in the apartment, one of the assailant’s sex workers, who was also allegedly beaten with a two-by-four while locked in the basement, assured the victim he would get used to the attacks, prosecutors said.

Dionte Young allegedly carried out those attacks and a third beating with a two-by-four while on felony pretrial release, making him the sixth person accused of killing or trying to kill someone in Chicago this year while awaiting trial for a felony…

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