Three New Jersey men were convicted of brutally torturing a New York man they kidnapped from outside his apartment complex and extorted for money and drugs, federal prosecutors from the Eastern District of New York said.
Aasim Boone, 42, and Jarret Bruce, 41, both of Englewood and Lesly Valentin, 39, of Asbury Park were convicted by a federal jury of kidnapping conspiracy, sending interstate threats and attempted obstruction of justice, officials said.
The men kidnapped a man in Astoria, Queens in 2022 by forcing him into a vehicle at gunpoint, officials said…