Philadelphia Police are trying to figure out how a 36-year-old woman with special needs was chained up to a bed in the basement of a house on the 200 block of Linton Street in the city's Olney section. 
 
 Philadelphia Police are trying to figure out how a 36-year-old woman with special needs was chained up to a bed in the basement of a house on the 200 block of Linton Street in the city's Olney section. 
 
 Philadelphia Police are trying to figure out how a 36-year-old woman with special needs was chained up to a bed in the basement of a house on the 200 block of Linton Street in the city's Olney section. 
 
 Philadelphia Police are trying to figure out how a 36-year-old woman with special needs was chained up to a bed in the basement of a house on the 200 block of Linton Street in the city's Olney section. 
 
 Special Needs Woman Found Chained Up In Olney Basement 
 
 Special Needs Woman Found Chained Up In Olney Basement 
 
 Police say a woman is facing charges following the discovery of a woman found tied to a bed in the basement of a north Philadelphia home. 
 
 Police say a woman is facing charges following the discovery of a woman found tied to a bed in the basement of a north Philadelphia home. 
 
 Police say a woman is facing charges following the discovery of a woman found tied to a bed in the basement of a north Philadelphia home. 
 
 Police say a woman is facing charges following the discovery of a woman found tied to a bed in the basement of a north Philadelphia home. 
 
 Woman Charged In Case Of Special-Needs Cousin Chained To Bed 
 
 A disabled woman found tied to her bed leads to her cousin being placed under arrest, accused of keeping her in deplorable conditions, police say. 
 
 It was at 11:54 p.m. Friday when 35th District officers responded to a home on the 200 block of Linton Street in reference to what police called "an ongoing neighborhood dispute." 
 
 Regina Bennett, 46, was arrested for threats and assault against a neighbor, police said. 
 
 As officers were leaving the location, they learned a young child was living where Bennett resides, although they said there weren't any visible signs of a child living there. 
 
 Officers and a supervisor conducted a walk-through of the residence, and that's when police say they discovered the 36-year-old woman bound to a bed in "unsuitable conditions." 
 
 Police said she was extremely thin, had sores on her body and has a limited vocabulary. 
 
 The woman's chains and zip-ties were cut off by officers, and medics transported the woman to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where she was admitted and continues to be evaluated. 
 
 FOX 29 broke the news to family members that showed up for a cookout Saturday. They say Bennett is the victim's cousin and caretaker. 
 
 Neighbors say regardless of the investigation's outcome, they want the suspect far from their block. 
 
 Bennett has been charged with terroristic threats, simple assault, public drunkenness, aggravated assault, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment and related offenses, police said Sunday. ||||| By Elizabeth Hur 
 
 PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Philadelphia police are investigating disturbing allegations of abuse after detectives freed a disabled man who was allegedly being held captive for his social security checks. 
 
 The 63-year-old victim is deaf and mute, so through his brother he explained to Eyewitness News how he says he was abused by 56-year-old Dwayne Young for months — a man the family describes as an acquaintance. 
 
 Robert Richardson, the victim’s brother said, “He was physically abused. No scars, but the body was being beaten. He said he was getting no food and he was urinating in a bucket.” 
 
 Police confirm they arrested Young after they found the victim locked inside the basement of a Southwest Philadelphia home on Sunday. Investigators say the victim was held against his will after he was abducted off the street at 18th and Washington in April. 
 
 Richardson explained, “A lot of things were taken from him, his wallet, his ID.” 
 
 In addition, the family says his social security checks were cashed by the suspect. Police say that was the motive behind this heinous crime which is similar to another, unrelated case involving Linda Weston where police allege Weston kidnapped and assaulted her mentally disabled victims in a Tacony basement to profit from her victims’ social security benefits. 
 
 “I was angry. It’s enough to make anybody angry,” Richardson said. 
 
 In this case, police say Young kept the basement relatively clean but kept the door locked from the outside and the windows boarded up so that the victim couldn’t see out and no one could peek in. 
 
 Richardson concluded, “I hope he doesn’t see sunlight again. He needs to rot in jail. I just hope he never comes out. He needs to get what he deserves.” 
 
 Richardson believes his brother’s social security checks came out to at most $600 a month. 
 
 Young was charged Kidnapping, Aggravated Assault, Forgery, Receiving Stolen Property and related offenses. As of Wednesday night, Young remained in jail with his bail set at $1,000,000. ||||| Get the latest Philly.com Daily Headlines newsletter delivered to your email. Sign up now! 
 
 AN OLNEY WOMAN described by a neighbor as "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" has been charged with holding a woman with special needs captive in her basement. Police arrested Regina Bennett, 46, of Linton Street near 2nd, shortly after midnight Saturday following a verbal dispute with a neighbor. Authorities said that after taking Bennett into custody, neighbors informed them there was a small child living in the house, although police did not see signs of a child. Police said officers and a supervisor conducted a walk-through of the home and discovered a 36-year-old woman in the basement bound to a bed in "unsuitable conditions." She was cut free and taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where she was evaluated. 
 
 Authorities said the victim was extremely thin, with sores on her body. She appears to be mentally disabled with a limited vocabulary. 
 
 Investigators have been unable to determine Bennett's relationship to the victim, according to Officer Tanya Little, a police spokeswoman. 
 
 "I haven't seen anything that stated what their relationship was or whether she was the caretaker," Little said. 
 
 Bennett is facing a dozen charges, including aggravated assault, kidnapping for ransom and neglect of care. 
 
 Yolanda Cropper, who lives across the street from Bennett, said her neighbor showed two very different sides. 
 
 "When you see her, she's like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. If she's not drinking, she's quiet, very withdrawn," Cropper said. She added that Bennett had expressed prejudice against those who are not African-American like she is. 
 
 Despite only living on the block a few months, Bennett had numerous run-ins with neighbors, according to Cropper. She said that three weeks ago, Bennett cursed out a neighbor after the woman said hello to her. During this weekend's altercation with the neighbor, Bennett was visibly intoxicated, Cropper said. 
 
 "[Those] people don't bother nobody," she said of the other neighbor in the dispute. 
 
 Cropper said Bennett, known on the block as "Queen," has a grandson who visits on the weekends and plays outside. She said she had never seen the unidentified woman discovered in the basement. 
 
 "She was small . . . she did not look like a 36-year-old woman," Cropper said of the woman. 
 
 A woman identified as Phyllis, who claimed to be Bennett's cousin, told reporters Saturday that Bennett cared for the woman who police discovered in the house. 
 
 "When she was in her care, she took care of her like she was her own flesh-and-blood child. Her room was neat and clean; she went to her programs and fed her. That's all I know," she told 6ABC. 
 
 The case is similar to a case last September in which police said a disabled man was held captive for months in Southwest Philadelphia for his Social Security checks. Dwayne Young is awaiting trial in that case. It also sparks memories of the Tacony dungeon case, in which Linda Ann Weston, her daughter Jean McIntosh and three others were charged with an elaborate scheme to imprison four people in a boiler room for their Social Security benefits. 
 
 No attorney for Bennett could be located. 
 
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– It's the kind of story where you don't want the word "again" to come into play. But Philadelphia is once again in the news with the revelation that a woman with special needs was being held captive in a basement there. The Philadelphia Daily News reports that the discovery came in a roundabout way: Regina Bennett, 46, was arrested in the wee hours of Saturday morning after getting into an altercation with her neighbor; police were told there was a young child in her home, but when they searched it, they instead found a 36-year-old woman chained and zip-tied to a bed in "unsuitable conditions," reports MyFoxPhilly. Bennett's relationship to the victim remains murky: While some outlets describe the women as cousins, others say Bennett was the woman's caretaker. WPVI reports that it spoke with the victim's sister, Alissia Robinson, who puts her mental ability at that of a 10-year-old and says police told her the 36-year-old was found naked. Robinson says her sister began living with Bennett in 2007, and that she hadn't seen her for a year following a fight with Bennett. Bennett is staring down a dozen charges, including aggravated assault, kidnapping for ransom, and neglect of care.