Police: Woman kidnapped, beaten in Arnold; 3 arrested

ARNOLD, Pa. — UPDATE 7/21: Michael Battaglia, Stephanie Unruh and Devon Hamilton all decided to skip their preliminary hearings on Thursday and go straight to trial.

Three people are facing charges after they allegedly kidnapped, tied up and beat a woman Saturday night at a home in Arnold.

"I was trying to scream at the top of my lungs, but they had a sock and rope tied around my mouth," said victim, Angel Mangol.

She talked to Channel 11 after allegedly being tortured and held against her will in the basement of a Westmoreland County house.

She told police three people tied her to a pole and then beat her with a broom stick.

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The woman was able to escape from the basement, ran out the door and then down the street to a neighbor's house.

Mangol showed Channel 11 the rope marks and cigarette burns on her neck, days after she says her boyfriend and his friends tied her up in the basement of his Arnold home.

“Mike told Devon and Stephanie to pick me up by my arms and my legs and take me down to the basement,” Mangol said. “They took me down and told me I wasn't allowed to talk unless I was given permission.”

Police charged Michael Battaglia, Stephanie Unruh and Devon Hamilton with kidnapping. Investigators say they beat Mangol for hours.

Officers say a child was at the home when police made the arrest.

“They undressed me first and made me completely naked and rope-tied me to the pole with black rope,” Mangol said. She claims they got into an argument and drugs were involved.

According to the police report, at one point Mangol broke free, but then the suspects tied her up again, and continued to beat her.

Medics treated Mangol at the hospital. Now that she’s out, she’s not only healing physically, but also mentally.

“I just can't believe someone would do something like this to somebody and say you care about them? No you don't.”

The three suspects are being held on $50,000 bond.

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