Bail was set at $25,000 cash or bond Friday for two men charged in Cass County District Court with beating a Fargo man and binding him with duct tape.
Lucas St. Claire, 25 and Michael Ledoux, 26, both of Belcourt, N.D., are each charged with one count of burglary, one count of conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and one count of felonious restraint.
The assault charge carries a minimum mandatory sentence of two years in prison without parole.
According to court documents:
The men entered the apartment of a 38-year-old Fargo resident Wednesday and assaulted him before binding him with duct tape and putting him in a closet.
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When the men demanded money, the victim said he would call a friend who owed him money and they could meet the friend at a convenience store.
The suspects drove the victim to the store in a pickup belonging to the victim's brother that had been loaded with items, including a 42-inch television belonging to the victim.
The suspects told the victim to go to his friend's vehicle and return with the money.
Instead, the victim got into his friend's vehicle and told him to drive away, according to the court documents.
The suspects were later stopped by the North Dakota Highway Patrol and arrested.
