The Brief
- Two residents were arrested for kidnapping and assault after dragging a maintenance worker into their apartment and beating him because he asked them to pick up their dog’s waste.
- A 50-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman allegedly pinned the victim to the floor, kicked him, and destroyed his phone with a wrench after he tried to report them to management.
- Kent police intervened during the assault, taking both suspects into custody and turning over two dogs found inside the unit to animal control for safekeeping.
KENT, Wash. – Two people were charged with kidnapping and assault after Kent police say they dragged a maintenance worker into their apartment and beat him Sunday afternoon.
Officers were called at 12:29 p.m. to an apartment complex near Kent Memorial Park on Central Ave N, responding to several 911 calls reporting an assault. Callers told police they saw a man choking the building’s maintenance worker, then dragged him into one of the units.
An officer arrived and heard yelling from one of the apartments, and went in, where he saw a man pinning down the worker on the floor.…