Women Sentenced in Bizarre Torture Case

(Fort Wayne, Indiana) Two women have been sentenced to prison in a bizarre case of torture and imprisonment.

Shawn L. Dean II, 26, and Desiree D. Harth, 25, received 10 and six years, respectively. Both women also received probation to be served after completion of their prison sentences.

Harth and Dean were arrested in March after a man, clad only in a T-shirt despite the cold, flagged down a passing motorist and asked for help.

According to court documents, Dean smacked the man in the shoulder with a frying pan, held him on the ground and began choking him from behind.

She then struck him in the face and told Harth to get a knife. Dean tied the man’s wrists behind his back with an extension cord and then hog-tied his wrists, ankles and neck together.

They dragged him to the basement. He chewed through a cord and freed himself, but they caught him again and took him back down.

The women forced him to remove most of his clothing, tied his ankles to a pole in the basement of their home and put a dog collar around his neck, according to court documents.

The man freed himself again and got away. No motive has been revealed for the women's behavior.

Frankly, this story must include other elements. It's simply too bizarre.

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