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Joseph Schwab is starting trial Monday on accusations that he participated in the kidnapping of a developmentally disabled man in February. Christopher Tolentino was sentenced Monday to more than 15 years in prison for his role in the crime.
(Multnomah Co. Sheriff's Office)
A group of six people who were accused of handcuffing, blindfolding and extracting financial information from a 34-year-old developmentally disabled man have one-by-one admitted guilt.
Monday, a fourth defendant -- Christopher Tolentino, aka Tonlentino -- was sentenced to 15 years and 10 months in prison for his role in meeting Michael Daugherty online and luring him to a Gresham apartment.
Authorities say Daugherty was blindfolded and handcuffed for two days in February. His captors threatened to hurt him with a stun gun and kill him with a knife while accessing his bank account and getting the keys to his house, authorities say.
Tolentino and the three other defendants have pleaded guilty to first-degree kidnapping and robbery, among other crimes. James Dayton Cox was sentenced to 6 2/3 years, Ashley Marie Adams received 7½ years, and Christopher Dante Andrews got 10 years.
A fifth defendant, Joseph Schwab, 50, is scheduled to start trial Monday afternoon in Multnomah County Circuit Court. A sixth defendant, Whitney Lee Engstrom, is scheduled to go to trial in early September.
Authorities say the group robbed Daughterty of more than $1,000 worth of property. He was rescued from the apartment in the 700 block of Southeast 193rd Avenue after police received a tip.
-- Aimee Green