New York City man charged with torturing teen siblings in Bronx apartment

A New York City man has been arrested and faces multiple charges after police discovered his battered teen siblings in a Bronx apartment, where they had allegedly been trapped since January.

Police charged 34-year-old Michael Ramos with endangering the welfare of a child, unlawful imprisonment, assault and several counts of criminal possession of a weapon, according to a criminal complaint from the Bronx District Attorney's Office. 

Police responded to a call of a dispute and, when they entered Ramos' Bronx apartment, they found an unregistered, defaced and loaded pistol on the dining room table, according to the criminal complaint. Two children, a 14-year-old and a 13-year-old, were also in the apartment.