Richfield man accused of torturing girlfriend's son
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A Richfield man is accused of abusing his girlfriend's teenage son, breaking his nose and threatening to cut him open with a samurai sword.
Forty-four-year-old Craig J. Kurzawski was charged Tuesday with a felony count of making terroristic threats and a gross misdemeanor count of malicious punishment of a child.
The teen's mother tells authorities Kurzawski punched the 14-year-old in the face and torso while forcing him to do push-ups, sit-ups and squats.
She says Kurzawski also took a sword off the wall and ran it along the boy's chest from his neck to his stomach, saying he could "cut (the boy) open like a dead fish."
A Hennepin County court official says Kurzawski did not have an attorney listed Wednesday morning. Kurzawski is due in court Wednesday afternoon.
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