Overview

• John Woeltz and William Duplessie have pleaded not guilty to kidnapping, assault and unlawful imprisonment charges and remain jailed without bail.
• A grand jury indicted Woeltz on May 29 and his arraignment is set for June 11 in Manhattan Criminal Court.
• Investigators placed two NYPD detectives, including one from Mayor Adams’s security detail, on modified duty after learning they provided private security to the suspects.
• The NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau is examining whether the detectives’ off-duty employment was approved and if they knew about the kidnapping and torture plot.
• The 28-year-old Italian victim escaped on May 23 after surrendering his Bitcoin password and fleeing the SoHo townhouse where he had been held and tortured for 17 days.