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Kidnapping Charges Outlined In Brutal Police Report

Columbus Police have arrested two people after an alleged kidnapping incident that police say included sexual assault and pulling victims' teeth out with pliers. A police report says Obryan Jones, 29 and Belynda Coffman, 23, kidnapped three people and held them captive inside a house on N. Harris Ave. for six to seven hours while torturing and sexually assaulting one of the victims. Police say the torture included pulling teeth out with pliers. Police say a search of the home yielded five guns and a large amount of the drug known as bath salts. Detectives said they also found items the victims said had been used in their torture.