The trial began Monday and continued Tuesday for a Great Falls man accused of kidnapping two people on Sept. 27, 2019, His accusers claim he threatened them with a gun, then participated in a home invasion while trying to find a man who owed him $400. Esandro Roman Rodriguez, 19, is charged with two counts of aggravated kidnapping, and accountability to assault with a weapon, aggravated burglary and assault. The alleged incident is not the first time Rodriguez and co-defendants Jesse James Daniels and Lauren Aviles have been accused of kidnapping someone over a perceived theft. In a pending case, Rodriguez and Daniels allegedly held and tortured a juvenile male on Oct. 10, 2019, burning him with cigarettes and forcing him to drink rubbing alcohol. The juvenile told police that Aviles stood by and laughed.