SPRINGFIELD — Six people have been arrested in Windsor County on various criminal charges involving multiple kidnapping counts, aggravated assault and heroin trafficking as part of a brutal abduction that crossed state lines and included burning the victim repeatedly with a heated knife and using hydrogen peroxide to waterboard her, court records show.

Damarcus “Gifted” Bonner, 30, of Connecticut, Tyron “Preech” Harris, 26, of Massachusetts and Jessenialyz Jones, 18, also of Massachusetts were the main players in the kidnapping with torture and the request for ransom, according to court records.

Bonner and Harris are charged in Vermont Superior Court with putting a Windsor area woman into a truck in Claremont, N.H. and taking her to Charlestown, N.H. and eventually making their way to a home in Springfield, Vt. last month, records show.

The two men believed the woman had stolen $8,000 in drugs from them, a court affidavit noted. She told Springfield Police she had been kidnapped, restrained, tortured, and held captive for money, court records show.

Jones also was actively involved in the case at the house and reportedly suggested that the victim be sold to a pimp in New York City in an effort to recoup the drug losses, according to a police affidavit filed in state court.

The victim reported all three primary suspects had firearms, and the two men regularly pointed them at her, court records note.

The woman, while restrained, was allowed to reach out to friends by cellphone to try to generate the ransom money, records show.

The victim reached a friend in Greenfield, Mass about being abducted, police said. The friend alerted police in that town and the investigation began to unfold and investigators traced the phone, police said.

Springfield Police were able to eventually track the victim to a house at 950 Randall Hill Road, near the Rockingham town line the night of Saturday Jan. 24 and the morning of Sunday Jan. 25.

All six were taken into custody at the home and the victim freed, police said.

Springfield Police with help from Vermont State Police conducted a search of the residence and nearby vehicles. Investigators recovered considerable drugs, including suspected heroin, crack cocaine and fentanyl, records show. Also seized were a digital scale and a drug ledger, police said.

Vermont News First had provided a commentary on Sunday about the lack of transparency in the two-week old case. Springfield area residents had reached out to the news outlet to express concern for the community and the severe disappointment that the kidnapping and torture had happened last month, but the names of those arrested, which is public record, were never released even when they went to court.

There was no press release issued by Springfield Police, including on its website nor was anything said on its Facebook page.

The victim was taken initially to Springfield Hospital for medical treatment, but had to be transferred to Valley Regional Hospital in Claremont, N.H. for specific medical scans due to the injuries she received, court records show. She later was sent back to Springfield Hospital, Springfield Sgt. Paul Perkins said in court papers.

She was eventually interviewed with Perkins, Windsor County Sheriff Ryan Palmer and two detectives from Claremont, N.H. Police in the room, records show.

Springfield Police said they also arrested three other people at the home at the same time, but they had less involvement in the case.

Court records and police identified them as:

Nicole Palardy, 38, a New Hampshire resident, facing charges of kidnapping for ransom and accessory to kidnapping with injury.

Jesse Emerson, 46, of Chester is facing a charge of kidnapping for driving the truck. He said he was paid $40 for the trip, court records show.

Sheldon Stocker, 37, of Springfield is charged with being an accessory after the fact. He lives with his girlfriend at the home where the victim was brought, records show.

Springfield Police Chief Jeff Burnham said this week that a decision was made not to inform local residents about the kidnapping, aggravated assault and extortion attempt. He said the department was waiting to hear whether federal prosecutors would be interested in the case before planning to go public.

Taking somebody against their will across state lines is considered a federal crime.

Attempts by Vermont News First this week to reach federal prosecutors considering the case were unsuccessful.

Meanwhile the office of Windsor County States Attorney Ward Goodenough filed felony charges against the six.

The six have all entered not guilty pleas to their state charges.

The victim reported on the night of Thursday Jan. 22 and the morning of Friday Jan. 23 she joined a second woman in Claremont, N.H. and they left the residence on foot hoping to score some drugs, police said. They connected with Nicole Palardy, who was outside an older model black truck with a loud exhaust, police said.

The victim said the back door of the truck opened and she recognized Bonner and Harris, who grabbed her and pulled her into the truck, court records note.

They eventually ended up in Springfield and after being brought to the basement of the home, Bonner and Harris told her to get comfortable – suggesting she would be there for some time, records show.

Jones then used duct tape on the victims’ hands and feet, court records note. While detained, the victim said Jones struck her in the face and body, causing pain and leaving marks, police said.

When Jones first surrendered, she claimed the identity of her younger juvenile sister, Perkins said in court papers. That proved to be a lie, police said.

Chief Burnham said this week he considered the case an isolated incident and he did not believe there is any active threat to the general public.

He said the local investigation was supported by the Vermont State Police, Windsor County Sheriff’s Office, Bellows Falls Police, and the Springfield Fire Department.