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Javier Antonio Ortiz and Edwin Manuel Reyes, both 22 of Hyattsville, convinced the woman to leave the Unplugged Restaurant and Sports Bar, located on Georgia Avenue in Wheaton with them on Feb. 5, Montgomery County police said.
The victim, who knew the men, got in their car and, once inside, was beaten and threatened with a handgun when she tried to get out, police said.
Reyes and Ortiz drove away from the location with the victim, who, before losing consciousness, was pulled out of the vehicle, where the suspects allegedly continued to beat her, she told police. She awoke on the side of the road in the 2600 block of Powder Mill Road, in Prince George’s County.
During the course of the investigation, detectives were able to identify Reyes and Ortiz as the suspects involved in the kidnapping and assault. Both men were arrested on Feb. 16 and interviewed by detectives.
Javier Ortiz was transported to the Central Processing Unit, and on the strength of an arrest warrant, has been charged with kidnapping and second-degree assault.
Edwin Reyes has been charged with kidnapping, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, illegal possession of a handgun and possession of a firearm in the use of a felony or violent crime. He is currently hospitalized for an injury unrelated to his apprehension.
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