A Phoenix Fire Department firefighter has been accused of luring, kidnapping and assaulting his wife's boyfriend.

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office reports that on August 2 at about 2:30 a.m. a man was released after being kidnapped at a home near 19th Avenue and Cloud Road in north Phoenix.

MCSO said the victim was in a romantic relationship with a woman, who argued with her husband that night before he left home. The victim, concerned for the woman's safety, went to her home and received a text saying, "Come to the front door."

MCSO alleges that he was then directed to the garage, where 31-year-old David Johnathan Lee confronted him with a knife and handgun. Lee forced him to sit on a stool and to pick up a pair of handcuffs, directing him to secure his hands behind his back.

Over the next hour, Lee reportedly choked him, slapped his ears, kicked him in the groin, gagged him with underwear, pressed the gun to his head and the knife to his groin.

Lee then allegedly cut a lock of hair from the victim and placed it in the victim’s shirt pocket.

He was later given the underwear he was gagged with, told to leave the house and to stay away from Lee's family. Before being allowed to get in his car, Lee took a photo of the victim’s license plate.

After being contacted, authorities served a warrant on the home and found the stool, hair fragments, the handgun and knife in the home. Investigators said the wife told them that Lee used her cell phone to text the victim to get him to come to the door.

Lee requested an attorney upon his arrest.

The Phoenix Fire Department confirmed Lee is a firefighter with the department but said this is a personnel matter still under investigation, and they have no statement at this time.