A mentally challenged man was forced into 304 Merriman Avenue at knifepoint before he was restrained and tortured in the unfamiliar home for days, police said. Fernando Alba | FAlba@syracuse.com
Syracuse, N.Y. -- A Syracuse man accused of acting as the “main aggressor” in a brutal kidnapping and assault of a mentally disabled man was ordered Thursday to undergo a mental competency exam.
Tashawn Adams, 22, is charged with first-degree kidnapping, first-degree assault and first-degree robbery in an indictment that named five other people, three of whom have pleaded guilty.
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