Third defendant in kidnapping case sentenced to three years

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The third defendant to be sentenced in a bizarre 2013 kidnapping case will spend three years in prison.

Blake Long, 21, Toledo, appeared in the courtroom of Judge Robert Pollex Monday.
He pleaded guilty earlier this year to an amended charge of abduction as part of a plea deal.
He also must pay a $10,000 fine.
His sister, Brittany Long, 20, and Nicholas Martinez, 19, both of Toledo, received similar sentences last
month.
A fourth defendant, Hui Zhang, 23, Toledo, is set to stand trial in the case next month. She remains
charged with one count of kidnapping and one count of aggravated robbery.
According to authorities, on Aug. 18, 2013, a University of Toledo student was contacted by Zhang about a
trip to Cedar Point.
The next day, instead of taking the trip, the group reportedly took the man to a vacant home in Bowling
Green where he was robbed of his credit card; purchases were subsequently made with the card.
The victim was later taken to a Lucas County hotel, where he was held while members of the group
attempted to extort ransom money from his relatives in China. They were unsuccessful due to a language
barrier, and the victim was released.
The Longs and Martinez, as part of their plea deals, are to testify against Zhang.

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