'This is sick': Mother wants the men accused of kidnapping her 13-year-old son to go to prison

GREECE, NY – The three men arrested in Greece and charged with the kidnapping of a 13-year-old boy appeared in court Thursday. They are accused of threatening to shoot the boy, forcing him to strip naked, cutting off his hair and handcuffing him.

In an exclusive interview, News10NBC's Marsha Augustin spoke with the boy's mother. She says her son is traumatized by everything that happened during this kidnapping. She was very emotional and said her son was tortured.

“You called me from a private number. I begged her to tell me where my son was. “They wouldn't tell me,” the 13-year-old's mother said, describing those terrifying moments on the phone with the men accused of kidnapping her son at the Glenora Gardens Apartments.

“He said, 'I'm holding your son at gunpoint – so I started acting out – and he said, 'Don't get any harder because I'm going to stick one in his chest right now,'” she said.

She says she gave them her address and ran home hoping they would drop him off. But as she approached her neighborhood, she saw a large police presence and her son in the suspect's car.

“They put him in a car in handcuffs. That's sick. That’s not okay, no matter how they want to spin the story,” she said. “They were in the basement. The guy lived upstairs. He came downstairs, grabbed my son, put the gun to his head and took him to his apartment. The other child ran outside and called the police.”

When asked why they targeted her son, the mother replied: “No, when he called me he said my son was in his apartment, which was a lie.” So they searched in the basements of the apartments a bike that they could take with them.” She says she doesn't tolerate it and wishes the men had just called the police.

Jakquon Martin, Lennis Williams and Mikquon Williams were all in court Thursday. Mikquon Williams' attorney was the only one who would speak to News10NBC's Marsha Augustin. He says his client has pleaded not guilty.

“Right now we are here only because of the complaint filed. “Mr Williams denies anything happened at the time,” the lawyer said.

The boy’s mother said: “They are trying to excuse their actions. I don't care; If I see someone stealing a bike from my yard and it's a child, I might grab it and say call your parents, but I would never do something like that and strip it naked. For what?”

She told News10NBC she wants the men to go to prison to pay for what they did to her son. All three men are free on bail. They are expected to be back in court on November 9th

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