A Louisville business owner appeared in court on Friday, January 17, after police said he and others abducted and assaulted a man accused of shoplifting at the store.
On October 6, 2024, police said a man went inside E-Z Mart on Algonquin Parkway and took a box of vapes without paying. An arrest citation says the store’s owner, Kaushalkumar Patel, tried to chase the man in a van after he tried to run.
Patel got out of the van, allegedly pepper-spraying the man in several areas, including his face and anus, according to the citation.
Patel along with several others hit the man with their fists and a blunt object before pulling him into the van and driving him to a garage close to E-Z Mart, where they pulled the victim from the van, and beat him.
He was placed back in the van and taken to a location on Lee Street where he was dropped off. The man’s mother picked him up and took him to the hospital, where he required stitches.
Patel was charged with complicity to kidnapping, assault and wanton endangerment. He is being held in the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections on a $100,000 cash bond.
Source: WAVE
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