TOLEDO — An Ohio man is facing charges after he allegedly kidnapped a woman and held her in his mother’s basement.
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Deontay Buchanan, 29, was charged Monday with three charges, including kidnapping to terrorize or to inflict serious harm on the victim of another, according to Toledo Municipal Court records.
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Court documents allege that Buchanan kept a woman in the basement of his mother’s home and refused to let her leave.
During that time, he reportedly choked the woman, threatened her with a knife, and punched her in the face.
Buchanan is also accused of stealing her iPhone after assaulting her.
The woman had to go to a local hospital for treatment of an injury to her throat, court documents state.
Buchanan was arrested Sunday afternoon and booked in the Lucas County Jail. He’s being held on a $100,000 bond.
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