81-year-old doused with microwaved 'syrup' as a torture tactic to get safe combination, attackers also marked where 'his heart would be carved out': Police

Left: Taylor Falcone (Cecil County Sheriff's Office). Right: Austin Maniscalco (Cecil County Sheriff's Office).

An 81-year-old Maryland antheral endured hours of torture aft being lured to a woman's home, wherever helium was doused with blistery "syrup" to unit him to uncover a harmless combination, cops say.

Austin Michael Maniscalco, 28, and Taylor Storm Falcone, 31, look aggregate charges implicit the alleged attack, which happened connected Wednesday. Maniscalco faces charges including robbery, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, theft, reckless endangerment and mendacious imprisonment, on with aggregate conspiracy counts. Falcone faces charges of conspiracy to perpetrate robbery, first-degree assault, second-degree battle and theft.

The aged unfortunate was naked, injured and frantic erstwhile helium managed to flight aft 1 of his alleged captors fell asleep, according to police. He ran to a adjacent location successful Elkton, Maryland, and begged a alien for help.

"An country connected the victim's thorax was marked to bespeak wherever his bosom would beryllium carved out," according to a Cecil County Sheriff's Office property release.

A neighbour who asked not to beryllium identified told section Fox affiliate WBFF that his doorbell rang that morning. When helium checked his doorbell camera, helium saw an injured, unclothed antheral connected his structure desperately asking for help.

"He's similar existent frantic," the neighbour recalled.

According to the victim, helium had gone to Falcone's residence to bring wealth for a child's day earlier being held against his will.

"He was like, you know, I was conscionable present to springiness her wealth for her kid's birthday. And past I'm being held hostage and each this benignant of stuff," the neighbour told WBFF.

Police accidental the unfortunate arranged to conscionable Falcone but did not cognize Maniscalco would beryllium wrong the home. "The probe revealed that Mr. Maniscalco and Ms. Falcone conspired to lure the unfortunate to the residence, detain him, and past instrumentality his belongings portion obtaining entree to his residence and safe," according to the sheriff's office.

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Maniscalco allegedly restrained the 81-year-old with a "cord" tied to a seat earlier repeatedly punching him. He besides held a weapon against the victim's pharynx and demanded the operation to a harmless wrong the man's Delaware home, according to police.

"The unfortunate advised that Mr. Maniscalco past removed his covering portion helium was inactive tied to the chair," the sheriff's bureau says. "Mr. Maniscalco took syrup that was successful the residence's room and utilized a microwave to vigor the syrup. Mr. Maniscalco past poured the syrup connected the victim's body, causing aggregate burns."

According to the victim, Maniscalco utilized the "torture tactics" to get the operation to his safe, which the unfortunate provided aft the syrup was used. Maniscalco allegedly utilized a achromatic marker to constitute the operation "across the victim's forehead" earlier stealing respective items from him.

"These items included $80 … a golden chain, a golden Seiko watch, a golden bracelet, and conveyance keys to a 2026 Chevrolet Corvette, a 2026 GMC Sierra, and a 2016 Cadillac Escalade," according to police.

Falcone allegedly near the residence during the assault.

Authorities investigated whether the brace planned to usage the harmless operation to participate the man's Delaware home. Police contacted New Castle County authorities, who checked the victim's residence and recovered nary denotation that anyone had entered.

Maniscalco initially refused commands to surrender erstwhile officers arrived, prompting the sheriff's bureau Special Response Team to rotation up successful an armored BearCat and breach the home. He yet agreed to crook himself successful and was arrested.

Falcone was taken into custody aft returning to the residence. Investigators said they recovered the victim's stolen belongings, on with the seat and cord allegedly utilized to restrain him.

The unfortunate was taken to a infirmary for attraction and released aboriginal that day.

A justice acceptable Falcone's bail astatine $5,000 connected Thursday, according to tribunal records. She posted a $500 currency enslaved and was released from custody. No enslaved accusation for Maniscalco has been provided successful disposable records.

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