Three men arrested in North Carolina for tying up and torturing a victim in a basement

Three North Carolina suspects were arrested and charged Monday in connection with the alleged kidnapping and abuse of the victim.

Madison County Sheriff Buddy Harwood called the crime a “terrible incident.” He said the investigation was launched after a local resident reported that an unidentified person showed up at their home claiming to have been kidnapped.

The deputies arrived at the scene and found the victim with numerous lacerations on his face, body and hands. The deputies also noticed that several crosses were carved on the face and body of the victim. The victim was taken to the hospital for medical treatment.

Harwood said police searched the area and found the site of the alleged kidnapping. The sheriff’s office executed a search warrant and found that the suspects – Patrick Banks, James Angel and Nicole Sawyer – forcibly imprisoned the victim in the basement of the house, tying her hands and feet to a chair with barbed wire. The suspects also allegedly tied the victim’s chest to a load-bearing beam and sealed their mouths with duct tape.

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The sheriff’s office concluded that the victim was punched and kicked in the head, hit repeatedly in the head with firearms and a crowbar, and cut with knives, resulting in multiple lacerations to the victim’s face and hands.

The suspects forcibly imprisoned the victim in the basement of the house, tying his hands and feet to a chair with barbed wire. (Madison County Sheriff’s Office)

Banks was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with grievous bodily harm with intent to kill, kidnapping in the first degree, possession of a weapon of mass destruction, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Banks was already wanted for a parole violation and had an arrest warrant for disabling an electronic parole tracking device.

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The victim was punched and kicked on the head, hit on the head several times with firearms and a crowbar, and cut with knives.

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Angel was charged with assault with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily harm with intent to kill, kidnapping in the first degree, and possession of a weapon of mass destruction. Angel also had a warrant for theft and possession of marijuana from another county.

Sawyer was charged with assault with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily harm with intent to kill, kidnapping in the first degree, and possession of a weapon of mass destruction.