Three men are facing multiple charges after authorities said they kidnapped a man at gunpoint before waterboarding him and threatening to kill him even after realizing they'd meant to kidnap his strip club coworker.
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Once they arrived at the Plantation home, they were met by a third kidnappper, who removed his mask and started to question the victim and asked him to identify himself, "implying they had kidnapped the wrong individual," the affidavit said.
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The kidnappers confirmed they'd taken the wrong man when they took out his wallet and saw his ID, the affidavit said.
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The kidnappers learned the intended target and the victim's coworker was at their place of business, the Booby Trap gentlemen's club in Pompano Beach, so they took the victim there in a Porsche, authorities said.
Once there, the kidnappers ordered the victim to go inside and lure out the intended target, but once inside the victim called law enforcement, the affidavit said.
Trio kidnapped, waterboarded Broward man after mistaking him for strip club coworker: Authorities
The men began brainstorming how the victim could help lure the coworker to them, authorities said. They provided him with a cellphone and were able to access his iCloud account to find the coworker’s phone number, and call him, authorities said.
When they learned that man was still at a business in Pompano Beach, Florida, they drove the victim there and asked him to get the coworker to come outside, the complaint said.
Instead, at 2:08 a.m. on Oct. 14, the man phoned in a bomb threat in an effort to get a rapid police response to the building, the complaint said.
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