Crime & Safety

Third Man Charged in Kidnapping, Assault Case

Erdal Kumas turned himself in, according to reports.

The third suspect in the kidnapping and assault of a Riverside man at a Cinnaminson home has been caught, according to a report from Phillyburbs.com.

Erdal Kumas, 26, of Washington Township, Gloucester County, was charged with conspiracy to commit kidnapping and criminal restraint. He was sent to Burlington County Jail.

Kumas turned himself in Monday, according to the report.

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Serkan Canturk, 35, and Hakki Kumas, 31, both of Beverly, were charged on June 11 after the victim told police he was lured from an Edgewater Park coffee shop to a Delores Drive home in Cinnaminson. It was there he was locked in the basement and assaulted, police said.

He was then brought back to the coffee shop and forced to tell those in attendance he was a "bad man" and a "son of a bitch." When he refused, the Riverside man got away.

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According to the article, Canturk said he is very upset and "not a bad man."

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