John Woeltz, 37, has been jailed since his arrest Friday outside the luxury rental. He was taken into custody in his bathrobe. Woeltz was ordered held without bail after his hearing Thursday.

PADUCAH, Ky. (WCBS/WPSD/CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) — The man accused of kidnapping and torturing an Italian man for 17 days in ...

When a bloodied man ran from a townhouse in an affluent New York neighbourhood, he revealed a complex and grisly tale of ...

Two crypto investors pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges they kidnapped and tortured an Italian man for his Bitcoin in an upscale Manhattan townhouse. William Duplessie and John Woeltz were ...

Two cryptocurrency investors met three times with the victim, a longtime friend, demanding his electronic devices and the ...

John Woeltz was arrested Friday. The 37-year-old Kentucky man, ... NBC New York covers Manhattan news, weather, traffic and more. New York City Jun 26 ...

A second cryptocurrency investor was arrested this week in connection with torturing a 28-year-old Italian tourist in an effort to obtain his Bitcoin password.

A cryptocurrency investor from Kentucky was arrested in Manhattan on Friday after allegedly holding an Italian businessman captive for more than two weeks in a luxury SoHo apartment.. John Woeltz ...

The investor, 37-year-old John Woeltz, and another man abused their victim for three weeks in a Manhattan townhouse as they tried to get his Bitcoin password, prosecutors say.

John Woeltz, 37, was arrested on Friday, May 23, ... The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office told the outlet that Woeltz is being held without bail.

Grand jury indictments were unsealed Wednesday for the two men accused in the Lower Manhattan cryptocurrency and torture case​.

NYPD police officers remove John Woeltz, 37 from a home on Prince St. near Mulberry St. in Manhattan on Friday, May 23, 2025, after a man claimed he was held against his will at the location.