After cops led a barefoot and bathrobe-clad John Woeltz out of his luxe Soho digs the morning of May 23, the Kentucky native ...

Duplessie, who had harbored hopes of a career in politics, and even had the Kentucky state seal tattooed on his chest during ...

William Duplessie and John Woeltz hatched grandiose plans in business and politics but instead drew charges in an alleged ...

Two men kidnapped and murdered victims to steal bitcoin, including Michael Mauer, whose mother’s tip helped authorities ...

Supreme Court Judge Gregory Carro said he would release William Duplessie, 33, and John Woeltz, 37, of Kentucky, to home confinement on million-dollar bonds and strict conditions.

William Duplessie, 32, surrendered to NYPD detectives on Tuesday morning, May 27, days after his partner, 37-year–old John Woeltz, was charged with holding an Italian business associate hostage ...

The “crypto bros" who allegedly tortured an Italian millionaire to obtain his Bitcoin password have been granted $1 million bail each, but cannot pay it with cryptocurrency.

Before they allegedly kidnapped an Italian tourist, crypto bros John Woeltz and William Duplessie were rolling up to NYC nightclubs with their own security — and looking for "Instagram baddies." ...

The suspect, William Duplessie, surrendered to detectives at the 13th precinct at 7:45 a.m. Duplessie is expected to face charges of kidnapping, assault and unlawful imprisonment.

William Duplessie, charged with kidnapping and torture for trying to steal a man's Bitcoin password, appears in Manhattan Criminal court, Friday, May 30, 2025. (Jefferson Siegel/The New York Times ...

William Duplessie, 33, of Miami, Fla., showed up at the 13th Precinct in Manhattan around 7:45 a.m. — and looked grim as he was hauled off to court in cuffs several hours later.