Within the early morning hours on July 22, 32-year-old Michael Bautista, an ophthalmologist and cataract surgeon from Norwalk, Connecticut, was allegedly kidnapped outdoors of the Brooklyn Mirage, a Bushwick music venue at present linked to 2 instances the place concertgoers died in suspicious methods after leaving.

After leaving the Mirage, Bautista was allegedly kidnapped by Bronx resident Anthony Benjamin, who pressured the physician to go on a $6K procuring spree, hitting a strip membership, a Foot Locker, ATMs, a health studio, and his barber, amongst different stops.

In response to a police report, Bautista instructed his captor that he was on name at Norwalk Hospital that weekend and that it might look suspicious if he failed to point out up. Benjamin reportedly instructed Bautista to convey him within the hospital as properly, however Bautista mentioned he couldn’t with out the right credentials.

Bautista apparently made it inside whereas Benjamin and one other captor waited within the automobile and instructed hospital safety what was taking place. Police later arrested the pair and charged Benjamin with second-degree kidnapping with a firearm and possession of a managed substance.

Since then, Benjamin was launched on a “promise to look” again in court docket however was not on the deal with he gave police. The New York Publish experiences that it was an outdated deal with. Benjamin had been dealing with a $1M bail, whereas his co-defendant Steve Daley, additionally concerned within the kidnapping, had been dealing with $250K. The 2 had been scheduled to look in court docket on September 19.

That is the third occasion of suspicious exercise occurring across the Brooklyn Mirage. Earlier in August, 27-year-old John Castic was discovered useless in Brooklyn’s Newtown Creek after final being seen on the Brooklyn Mirage. In June, the physique of Karl Clemente, additionally 27, was discovered within the creek. He was final seen outdoors the venue round 10PM on June 11.