Man charged for waterboarding girlfriend in Connecticut basement

MERIDEN, Conn. --A Connecticut man has been charged with torturing and waterboarding his girlfriend in the basement of his home.

Richard Stevenson, of New Haven, tied his girlfriend's hands, put a sock in her mouth and poured water over the sock into her mouth after they had an argument in May, police said. He was charged with unlawful restraint, assault and related offenses.

Stevenson let the woman go, police say, and was captured on surveillance video days later trying to rob a gas station with a 9-month-old baby. He allegedly pointed a knife at the baby when the employee refused to give him money but did not harm it.

Stevenson is being held on $245,000 bond. It could not be determined if he has a lawyer.