Indiana Man Was Bound in a Basement. Three Arrested for Torturing and Waterboarding Him for Hours!

A South Bend, Indiana man has finally been freed after a few horrifying hours in the hands of three captors. Police reports say that the man was invited to a home on Wilber Street with an offer for food and drugs. The victim says that when he got there, three people ambushed him, subdued him and began to torture him.

The victim said he was forced to the basement, where he was bound with various ropes, chains and/or cords and beaten with pieces of wood and an electrical cord.

The victim also reported the cord was later wrapped around his neck and used by one of the suspects to strangle him. After about five hours of torture the victim was able to get free and run for help.

South Bend police have arrested 35-year-old Robert Hollins the 4th, 24-year-old Eddie Guyton and 26-year-old Alexus Guerrero.

The St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s Office filed the following charges against the suspects:

Robert Hollins IV (35):

Criminal Confinement While Armed with a Deadly Weapon

Criminal Confinement with Moderate Bodily Injury

Robbery Resulting in Bodily Injury

Armed Robbery

Intimidation

Battery Resulting in Moderate Bodily Injury

Pointing a Firearm at Another

Unlawful Carrying of a Handgun

Unlawful Carrying of a Handgun- Prior Felony Conviction within the last 15 years

Eddie Guyton (24):

Criminal Confinement While Armed with a Deadly Weapon

Criminal Confinement with Moderate Bodily Injury

Robbery Resulting in Bodily Injury

Armed Robbery

Battery Resulting in Moderate Bodily Injury

Strangulation

Alexus Guerrero (26):

Criminal Confinement While Armed with a Deadly Weapon

Criminal Confinement with Moderate Bodily Injury

Robbery Resulting in Bodily Injury

Armed Robbery

Battery Resulting in Moderate Bodily Injury

The victim also reported to police that he had repeatedly been waterboarded and burned with lit cigars. There has been no disclosure of a motive in this attack.

Hollins, Guyton and Guerrero are being held at the St. Joseph County Jail.

This remains an active and ongoing investigation.