A man who was expecting to participate in a bondage photo shoot for a woman at his Far West Side apartment last month learned that some things are too good to be true.

Two other men convinced him to be tied up and pose in photos. If he did that, they said, the woman would come over.

That's when things took a more sinister turn.

While tied up, the two men struck him in the back of the head and one of them pointed a gun at his back. Then his attackers took two flat-screen televisions, his cellphone and his 2013 Dodge Charger.

Police suspect the man's car was used in at least one other robbery.

The car was located two days later on South Weyant Avenue after police received a report of fighting and found the car parked outside. Police conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle and interviewed both men. They admitted to the robbery in the man's apartment, according to an executed search warrant.

Both face robbery charges.

Hotel guests leave dope behind

The smell of burning marijuana coming from a hotel room at the Hawthorne Suites by Wyndham on South Hamilton Road led to Columbus police confiscating more than 200 pounds of drugs last month.

A security guard who walked past the hotel room first noticed the smell. When the guard knocked on the door, a woman answered, but quickly slammed it shut when she saw the guard's uniform.

The guard left and came back to tell the hotel guests to check out. When no one answered, he used a room key to go in. The guests, however, were gone.

Columbus police obtained a search warrant and found boxes of marijuana, $5,000 in cash, food-saver bags, a food vacuum sealer and additional boxes containing bundled drugs.

DUI checkpoint scheduled

The Franklin County DUI Task Force will conduct a sobriety checkpoint this weekend.

Even though checkpoints typically don't yield a high number of arrests, experts say they prevent drunken driving because they raise public awareness. Columbus police did away with a similar program in October.

Exact locations and times will be released later this week. Check Dispatch.com for more information.

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