California Pastor Pleads Not Guilty in Torture of 13-year-old Boy

Fox News
April 5, 2012

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The pastor of a Riverside County storefront church and two of his followers have pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and assaulting a 13-year-old boy.

Lonny Remmers, Nick Craig and Darryll Jeter Jr. entered their pleas Wednesday afternoon in Riverside County Superior Court.

Prosecutors say the men pinched the boy with pliers, beat him with a shovel, forced him to dig a grave and threatened him with death as a harsh form of discipline.

Police say the boy was kidnapped after his mother took him to a group home operated by the church to seek guidance on disciplinary issues with her son.