A Kodiak man worried about being cheated in a drug deal kept another man from leaving his apartment and burned his face with hot knives, according to recently filed Alaska Superior Court charging documents.
Daniel Grosser, 38, was charged with felony kidnapping, felony assault and tampering with evidence for his role in the Nov. 27 incident.
According to court documents, the victim, Matthew Jones, went with a friend to Grosser's Kodiak apartment early in the day. The friend told Grosser he would buy drugs for him. He took Grosser's money, said he would be back shortly and left Jones at the apartment.
As the two waited two hours for the friend to return, Grosser "became increasingly frustrated, erratic and violent towards Jones," the charging document said.
At some point, Jones told investigators, Grosser told him he was going to "make an example of him," threatening to disfigure his face with knives. Grosser then heated two steak knives on a hot stove. He threatened to take out Jones' eye and burned his face. He told Jones he wasn't leaving unless it was "in a body bag," court documents said.
When Jones tried to run for the door, Grosser caught him and choked him, Jones told investigators. Jones reached in his pants pocket, took out a folding knife and stabbed Grosser several times before he escaped, the charging document said.
Grosser's injuries were not life-threatening. He was being held in Kodiak jail. His bail was set at $25,000 with a third-party custodian. He has a previous conviction for felony assault in New York State, according to the Kodiak district attorney's office.