WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Three men, including a former Topeka resident, accused of operating what police described as a sadomasochistic "dungeon" that included castrations have been sentenced to jail time. Richard Peter "Master Rick" Sciara, his partner of 20 years Michael Mendez, and the man they called their slave, Danny Carroll Reeves, pleaded guilty to felony castration and maiming. Sciara had worked as a physician's assistant at the Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka from February 1976 to June 1999. Superior Court Judge Dennis Winner said it was difficult to call the dungeon's willing patients "victims," but he said six...
