Teens Charged With Kidnapping 15-Year-Old Over $50 Debt

CAPE CORAL, Fla.- Three teenagers were charged with kidnapping a 15-year-old Cape Coral boy and holding him for payment of a $50 debt. On a random call, the kidnappers told the victim's father that he was playing with his son's life if he didn't pay. The father was ordered to place the payoff in a planter at a fast-food outlet where one of the suspects worked. A 17-year-old Cape Coral boy turned himself in after the arrests of a 15-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy from North Fort Myers. Police say the victim was punched in the face, held at knifepoint and kept from leaving.

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