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Michael Mendez, 42, is charged with numerous drug offences, kidnapping, false imprisonment and criminal restraint.
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State police say a drug raid took a "strange twist" when a woman was found padlocked in a bedroom, believed to have been held captive for two years or more in a New Jersey apartment.
Investigators found the 44-year-old woman in the Paterson apartment Thursday, identified as the girlfriend of an alleged Latin Kings gang member.
The woman was taken to hospital for a medical evaluation, police said.
The gang unit says officers found nearly $23,000, 4,200 prescription pills and marijuana.
Michael Mendez, 42, is charged with criminal restraint, kidnapping, false imprisonment and drug-related offences.
"Information developed during the investigation indicates that Mendez held his girlfriend in the bedroom for extended periods of time over the past two years and possibly longer," police said in a statement Monday.
Neighbours told local TV station Pix11 they recall seeing Mendez with the woman and they appeared to be a "normal" couple.
Investigators found the 44-year-old woman in the Paterson apartment Thursday, identified as the girlfriend of an alleged Latin Kings gang member.
The woman was taken to hospital for a medical evaluation, police said.
The gang unit says officers found nearly $23,000, 4,200 prescription pills and marijuana.
Michael Mendez, 42, is charged with criminal restraint, kidnapping, false imprisonment and drug-related offences.
"Information developed during the investigation indicates that Mendez held his girlfriend in the bedroom for extended periods of time over the past two years and possibly longer," police said in a statement Monday.
Neighbours told local TV station Pix11 they recall seeing Mendez with the woman and they appeared to be a "normal" couple.
