An Altoona couple is accused of kidnapping, torturing and raping a person overnight Monday over a drug debt, police said this week.

Altoona Police said Justin Keller, 34, and Tara Jo Sprankle, 37, had the male come over to Sprankle’s home in the 300 block of 7th Street Monday night around 5 p.m., because he owed $700 for drugs.

Police did not provide the age of the person attacked, only referring to him as a male in their Facebook post about the case.

Once the male arrived, Keller pushed him to the ground and handcuffed him, police said. Keller is Sprankle’s boyfriend. The pair then taped his legs together and restrained him to a chair.

For several hours, the couple shot the male with a BB gun, beat him, burned him with cigarettes and wrote on him in permanent marker, police said.

Another man, not currently charged in connection with the case, came to the apartment to help Keller watch the male. Sprankle had gone to try to get money from a relative of the male, police said.

While Sprankle was away from the home, police said Keller raped the male while he was still handcuffed to the chair. When she returned, the male was released around 1 a.m. Tuesday, police said. He called police soon after.

Warrants were served on Sprankle’s home and Keller’s vehicle, police said. Officers found handcuffs, tape, BB guns, a chair and strips of tape with hair stuck to it.

Police said the male suffered significant injuries and is hospitalized in serious condition.

Keller is charged with kidnapping, rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, robbery, aggravated assault, unlawful restraint, stalking and other related charges, according to online court dockets.

He was arraigned Wednesday and is being held at Blair County Prison on $350,000 bail.

Sprankle is charged with kidnapping, robbery, aggravated assault, unlawful restraint, stalking and other related charges, according to online court dockets.

Preliminary hearings for both are scheduled for May 15.