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Man accused of locking teenager in pickup toolbox
He is charged with kidnapping and assault and battery.

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Christopher Kyle Lewis: He also is accused of holding a heated screwdriver against the girl's body. The victim told police that Lewis locked her in the toolbox so he could drink in the home where the pickup was parked, an affidavit states. She was freed when a friend dropped by the house and heard her calling for help.

By ROBERT MEDLEY NewsOK.com
Published: 8/5/2009 2:26 AM
Last Modified: 8/5/2009 4:16 AM

WETUMKA — A Wetumka man is accused of locking a 16-year-old Weleetka girl in a toolbox for 16 hours and holding a heated screwdriver against her body.

Christopher Kyle Lewis, 23, was arrested and booked into the Hughes County Jail on Tuesday, a day after he was charged with kidnapping and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. His bail is set at $200,000.

The girl was in the toolbox from 10 p.m. July 28 until 2 p.m. July 29, a prosecutor said. High temperatures were in the mid-80s on July 29.

The toolbox was mounted in the bed of a pickup that was parked in the front yard of a home in Wetumka. The girl told police that Lewis gave her a glass of water once while during the ordeal, according to an arrest affidavit.

Click here to read the complete article at NewsOK.com. By ROBERT MEDLEY NewsOK.com

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	Report Comment Few Clothes, Austin, TX (8/5/2009 9:53:31 AM) What in the hell is going on with these insane morons? I will be interested in getting more detail to explain why he chose to lock her in a tool box.
	Report Comment Few Clothes, Austin, TX (8/5/2009 1:43:18 PM) What in the hell is going on with these insane morons? I will be interested in getting more detail to explain why he chose to lock her in a tool box.
	Report Comment Few Clothes, Austin, TX (8/5/2009 1:44:07 PM) OOPS! Sorry for the repeat.
	Report Comment droopy, wagoner (8/5/2009 7:07:28 AM) Nice man, wonder how often he goes to Weleetka?
	Report Comment T.B'Ville, Bartlesville (8/5/2009 9:26:38 AM) droopy I was wondering the same thing. There has to be more to this story.
	Report Comment shaw411, Scottsdale, AZ (8/5/2009 10:03:38 AM) This guy looks like he is a fry short of a happy meal....
	Report Comment vrcTulsa, Okmulgee (8/5/2009 10:42:37 AM) I agree there has to be more to this story then this. I am curious, as I am sure others are, why he locked her in a toolbox
	Report Comment HarleyRyder55, Tulsa (8/5/2009 10:38:45 AM) He's either psychologically unbalanced or has no conscience whatsoever. Either way, I'm glad they got him and the girl is okay. And, I agree with Few Clothes, it will be interesting to find out further details.
	Report Comment Arbythree, Tulsa (8/5/2009 10:45:10 AM) Weird indeed.
	Report Comment justiceawaits, Claremore (8/5/2009 9:39:58 AM) I wonder if he had anything to do with the 2 missing girls down there.
	Report Comment justiceawaits, Claremore (8/5/2009 9:40:23 AM) correction missing should have been murdered.
	Report Comment Bren, Wagoner (8/5/2009 5:13:35 PM) I bet he abused and killed small animals as a child too. Since Wetumka and Weleetka are a stone's throw from each other, one would have to wonder. He sounds like the type that could easily become a serial killer, if he isn't already. She is fortunate it was not one of these 100degree days or she would have fried in there.
	Report Comment hippienana, Tulsa (8/5/2009 10:51:43 AM) Thank the lord that her friend came by or she would probably be dead.
	Report Comment Jolie2, (8/6/2009 3:28:45 PM) Other stories on this in the media report that this man had abused this girl previously and that there was a protection order filed by her family that he violated last August. So yes, there is a lot more to this story.
	Report Comment Jolie2, (8/6/2009 3:36:14 PM) A new Tulsa World article, "Mom fears what might have been," dated 8/6/09 notes that Christopher Lewis was a former boyfriend of the 16-year-old. Her family had forbidden her to see him, but apparently she broke the rules.
	Report Comment Cherwood, Kellyville (8/5/2009 12:47:53 PM) For those asking why he did it....under the picture it says: "The victim told police that Lewis locked her in the toolbox so he could drink in the home where the pickup was parked".... although that's not much of an excuse. I agree that there has to be more to this story.
	Report Comment purple rain, (8/5/2009 10:46:14 AM) I agree with you all and from the minute I started reading this story I wondered if there is any connection to the 2 murdered girls. They need to lean on this guy big time and start questioning him.

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