COLUMBIA, Ill. (AP) — A southwestern Illinois man was charged with three felonies after police said he kidnapped a boy and restrained him in a basement.
The Monroe County State’s Attorney’s Office charged Robert Fricke, 45, with aggravated kidnapping, aggravated battery and unlawful restraint. The Columbia man abducted and held captive a child under the age of 13, authorities said.
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