Nine arrests were made Monday night after a noise complaint at a Connecticut outlet mall parking lot uncovered an alleged kidnapping.
The Clinton Police Department said Tuesday it responded to a noise complaint at the Clinton Premium Outlets around 10:35 p.m. after the shops had closed.
Upon arrival, officers found several people, one of whom told police he’d been threatened with a gun and brought from New Rochelle, N.Y. to Clinton.
A police dog later found a fake gun that had been tossed into the nearby woods. A baseball bat, police-issued pepper spray and ski masks were also recovered.
The man who was allegedly kidnapped was taken to the hospital for treatment of unspecified injuries.
Six men and three minors were arrested and hit with a bevy of charges, including first-degree kidnapping with a firearm, illegal use of a facsimile firearm, unlawful restraint, robbery, assault and threatening. Police said that one of the men is from Stamford, Conn. and the rest of the accused are from New York.
The adults’ bond was set at $250,000 and the minors were taken to the Bridgeport Juvenile Detention Center. It’s unclear if any of them have been released.
“The kidnapping appears to have been a targeted and isolated incident with the victim being known to the offenders,” Sgt. Spencer Mangs told Patch. “There is no ongoing threat to the public.”
No other details about the incident were made available.
