More arrests coming in urination, carcass case

ELLWOOD CITY, Pa. (AP) — State police in western Pennsylvania say more arrests are expected in the kidnapping and assault case involving a man police say was taken to the woods, beaten and urinated upon before having a rotting deer carcass dumped upon him.

One of the suspects, 32-year-old Fred Cook Jr. of Enon Valley, was arraigned Friday on charges of aggravated assault, kidnapping, criminal conspiracy, unlawful restraint and reckless endangerment. Twenty-five-year-old Jack Rodney Patterson is awaiting trial in the case.

Police say three men kidnapped 18-year-old Vincent Lapaine on May 5 because they suspected him in a burglary. Investigators say they drove him to a wooded area, tied him to a tree and beat and urinated upon him before hurling a rotting deer carcass onto him.

Police say Lapaine is recovering from his injuries. He hasn’t been charged with any crime.