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The Dallas County Sheriff’s Office issued a statement that Dallas deputies have arrested two men James Phelps, 58, and Timothy Norton, 56. Deputies arrested them after receiving a photo of a missing woman in a cage. Cassidy Rainwater, 33, went missing in late July. The Dallas County Sheriff’s Office charged them with her kidnapping after the FBI office in Kansas City anonymously received a photo of partially nude Rainwater in a cage. The sheriff’s office announced Phelps’ arrest in a post and said, “Due to the extreme nature of the crime and the continuation of the investigation, additional details cannot be released at this time”. Investigators had questioned Phelps after a missing person’s report was filed in August, as they determined he was the last known person to have contact with her.

Phelps acknowledged that Rainwater had been staying with him while she got back on her feet, but that he hadn’t seen her since she left his property a month prior. An examination of the loft area Rainwater had stayed in found it stripped and devoid of any personal belongings. The case remained at a standstill until the FBI received the anonymous photo. Norton came forward several days later and admitted that he helped Phelps to restrain Rainwater. He also confirmed that she was held in a cage. The Kansas City Star reported the investigators returned to Phelps’ home with a search warrant for his phone. They discovered 7 photos of Rainwater locked in a cage in his home while partially nude. Deputies took Phelps and Norton into custody on Sept. 16.

The pair was charged with kidnapping, along with charges of facilitating a felony, inflicting injury, and terrorizing. Both men will remain in jail while awaiting a second court appearance scheduled for Oct. 5. Point to be noted that a teenage boy has been arrested in connection to a series of sucker-punch attacks in New York City. Police said the 14-year-old was taken into custody on Friday and faces 4 counts of assault. The teen is believed to be behind at least 3 assaults in Brooklyn, in the neighborhood of Sheepshead Bay, on Tuesday between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. The teen was seen on surveillance video assaulting a Brooklyn cyclist. Another attack involved an 81-year-old man who was walking along the street. The suspect punched him in the face and fled. After several minutes, the suspect and his friends approached a man on a sidewalk and punched him.

WATCH: Brooklyn cyclist sucker-punched in head, knocked off bike

Police believe the same suspect is behind at least 3 similar sucker-punch attacks in the area

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