A hunt for a gold Rolex watch led two gun-wielding men to storm a Sewickley home Sunday and torture the man who lived there for more than five hours — gluing his eyes shut, burning him with lit cigarettes and urinating on him, police said Wednesday.
“I’m here for my watch,” Dylan Morris, 30, of Glenfield, told the alleged victim after he and Noah Sadowski, 33, of Sewickley, ambushed the man on his Little Street home’s back porch around 10:30 p.m. Sunday, a criminal complaint said.
Police said Morris had previously accused the man of taking the watch and reported it stolen to Sewickley police in January.
Morris threw the 60-year-old man to the ground in his kitchen, stuffed something in his mouth and then taped his mouth shut, the complaint said. The pair then handcuffed him and took his cell phone, according to Allegheny County Police, who investigated the case.
After taping the victim’s mouth shut, Morris and Sadowski glued the man’s eyes shut and placed duct tape over them, the complaint said.
The two took turns urinating on the victim, spitting on him, and poking him with a knife, the complaint said. They punched him and threatened to kill him, placing the barrels of handguns against the man’s temple and under his chin, according to police.
Each man hit the victim in the head with their guns, cutting him badly, police said. They also took turns putting out lit cigarettes on his body, according to investigators.
The victim told police that Morris and Sadowski smoked crack cocaine in front of him, and blew smoke from the drugs into his face. They also applied pliers to his nipples, according to the complaint.
Police said the man told the attackers where to find a lockbox that stored jewelry, in hopes that they would stop hurting him, the complaint said.
They found the lockbox but did not stop the attack, according to the complaint.
At one point, police said, the two men stopped abusing the victim to make dinner for themselves.
The two men demanded money and forced the victim to reveal his password for a cash-sharing app, the complaint said. Police said they used the code to transfer an “unknown amount of money.” They also took an unknown number of his coats, police said.
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Morris called for a ride and continued to assault the victim while he waited, the complaint said. Sadowski scurried out of the home through a side window while carrying “several plastic bags full of items,” according to the complaint
Morris later uncuffed the victim and left, the complaint said. The man called police around 3 a.m.
On Tuesday, Sewickley police arrested Sadowski outside the borough building and picked up Morris later in the day. Both face dozens of charges including aggravated assault, false imprisonment, kidnapping, conspiracy to kidnap for ransom and possessing instruments of crime.
The pair were arraigned early Wednesday and remain in the Allegheny County Jail. A judge denied bail for both men, calling them threats to the community.
Attorney Aaron Sontz, who represents Sadowski, did not return a request for comment Wednesday.
Morris’ attorney was not listed in the court record.
The victim, who was identified only as “John Doe,” was taken to Allegheny General Hospital. Police said he’s expected to recover.