Women held, beaten for days in basement of east side drug house

Two women say they were beaten, raped and held prisoner for days at an alleged drug house on the Near East side. Their ordeal is documented in a probable cause affidavit filed Monday against three men: Kenneth A. Braswell, 32; Thomas James Bell, 26; and Jose Nieves, 35. Altogether, the men face 25 counts of rape, kidnapping, criminal confinement, battery by means of a deadly weapon and possession of methamphetamine.