Name: Philadelphia family held captive throughout weekend by armed home intruders, police say
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Description: Authorities say a Philadelphia family was held captive over the weekend by a group of armed intruders who tortured one family member and forced him to make withdraws from various banks.

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Philadelphia family held captive throughout weekend by armed home intruders, police say

Authorities say a Philadelphia family was held captive over the weekend by a group of armed intruders who tortured one family member and forced him to make withdraws from various banks.

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say a Philadelphia family was held captive over the weekend by a group of armed intruders who tortured one family member and forced him to make withdraws from various banks.

Philadelphia Police Captain Jack Ryan told reporters that the situation started Friday when a 45-year-old man was robbed and "abducted" by three suspects in front of his home on the 4600 block of Decatur Street in Holmesburg.

Ryan said the "criminal gang" then entered the victim's home where they held the family of three, including a 10-month-old, captive throughout the weekend.

The victim's 68-year-old father and a friend came to the house during the weekend and were also held prisoner by the group.

During the weekend, the captors forced the man to withdraw a "significant amount of cash" from various banks as his family was being held hostage, according to police.

Ryan said at one point during the weekend a family member was "tortured" and has since been treated and released from an area hospital.

A police source told FOX 29's Jennifer Joyce that the man was also taken to Rivers Casino to collect money.

Police sources believe the abductors let him go near the casino and the man rushed to a Wawa on Tulip Street to call police.

"They're all okay, as well as you can be after undergoing an ordeal such as that," Ryan said.