As hard as it is to find a good repairman, there have GOT to be better ways than KIDNAPPING ONE.

 

 

--On Monday morning, 36-year-old Jason DeJesus and 33-year-old Chanelle Troedson called a 50-year-old handyman over to their house in Morgan Hill, California.

 

 

--The house is 4,600 square feet and has five bedrooms, a pool, a tennis court, and a beach volleyball court.  But it's not clear at ALL how Jason and Chanelle had the money for it . . . because they're apparently just petty criminals.

 

 

--When the handyman got there, they BEAT HIM UP and threatened to KILL HIM if he didn't do a bunch of repairs for them.  They made him work for six hours, fixing everything from a dishwasher to a broken door.

 

 

--Then they made him get in their truck . . . so they could take him to a relative's house to do some repairs over there.  Fortunately, when the couple stopped for gas, the man made a run for it and called the cops.

 

 

--Jason and Chanelle were arrested and charged with several felonies, including false imprisonment, kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon, criminal threats, and conspiracy.

 

 

(CBS 5 - San Francisco)