Stratford Man Pleads Guilty In Kidnapping Case: Report

STRATFORD, CT — A Stratford man faces 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges in connection with the kidnapping and torturing of an 18-year-old girl for six weeks after she bailed him out of prison, according to the Connecticut Post.

The Post reports Gabriel Banegas, 24, pleaded guilty to first-degree kidnapping and second-degree strangulation under a plea bargain where he faces 10 years in prison followed by five years of probation.

The victim began corresponding with Banegas while he was awaiting trial in a criminal case, when police said she was convinced by Banegas that they could have a relationship if she got him freed from prison, and the beatings began after she met him at his home, the Post previously reported.

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