Crime & Safety
Man Tortured For 30 Hours Inside Homeless Person's Tent: Report
The victim was trapped inside the attacker's tent for 30 hours, enduring physical and sexual abuse.

PUYALLUP, WA - A local man suffered 30 hours of abuse inside a homeless man's tent, including sexual and physical abuse, according to the Tacoma News-Tribune. The ordeal bean Sunday night after the victim found himself lost and wandering along River Road. The victim asked for help from a group of people, and one, a 42-year-old man, offered his tent - and free methamphetamine.
Once inside the tent, the homeless man allegedly started beating the man, and the victim was unable to fight back. The homeless attacker eventually tied the victim up, commencing 30 hours of abuse, according to the News-Tribune. Some of that abuse included the homeless man chewing on the victim and force-feeding him peanut butter.
The victim escaped after he was allowed to leave the tent to smoke a cigarette. He was able to make it to a nearby road and flag down help. The attacker has been charged with first-degree rape, first-degree kidnapping, assault, and harassment.
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