Kansas man charged after boy says he was shocked with jumper cables

WICHITA – A Kansas man has been charged with abducting a 15-year-old boy and shocking him with jumper cables to get information about a robbery.

The Wichita Eagle reports that 58-year-old Robert McDowell of Wichita was charged Tuesday with aggravated kidnapping, aggravated battery, aggravated assault and criminal threat in the attack early Sunday.

Wichita police Lt. James Espinoza says the boy told officers that McDowell took him at gunpoint to a garage, tied him to a trailer hitch, then attached jumper cables to his ears and shocked him repeatedly while questioning him about a recent robbery.

Police say the man’s wallet had been stolen and that he believed the teen knew who was responsible.

This story was originally published September 30, 2015 at 9:27 AM with the headline "Kansas man charged after boy says he was shocked with jumper cables."