By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
A 35-year-old St. Joseph man has been charged with kidnapping and robbery, accused of accosting a teenager who he blamed for a broken vehicle window.
St. Joseph police say a 13-year-old boy said 35-year-old Glen Barnett, Jr. punched and kicked him, took his phone, and pointed a gun at him.
A probable cause statement says the boy reported he was walking in the 15-Hundred block of Savannah Avenue in the early morning hours of October 6th when several people began chasing him, accusing him of breaking the car window. The teen claims two began kicking him after he fell, then dragged him into a house where they threatened to kill him.
The men released him. His mother reported the incident to police.
Police say Barnett confessed to beating the boy and stealing his cell phone.
Barnett is being held without bond.
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