Men charged in federal court in ND kidnapping case
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Four men are accused in federal court of beating a man in northwestern North Dakota and leaving him for dead in Montana. The victim survived.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Four men are accused in federal court of beating a man in northwestern North Dakota and leaving him for dead in Montana. The victim survived.
Jeffrey Butler, Nicholas Woodford, Tyler White and James Odeneal are charged with kidnapping. They had earlier been charged in state court.
Court documents accuse Butler, also known as Pops, of ordering others to kill Robert Osterhout on Aug. 12 in Williston. Police say Osterhout was beaten with brass knuckles, cut with a razor blade, kicked, strangled and shocked with a Taser.
Authorities say Osterhout was tied up and transported in the plastic-lined trunk of Butler's car to Montana. Osterhout eventually made it to a residence near Culbertson, Mont.
The victim was hospitalized with numerous bruises, cuts, broken ribs and a broken collarbone.
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