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Suspects arrested for kidnapping, assault, robbery

Victim was tied to a tree and beaten

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Two men, including one from Washougal, have been arrested on charges including kidnapping, assault and robbery.

According to a press release from the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office, Markus L. Bedell, 25 of Washougal, and Charles W. Sample, 32 of Vancouver, were arrested for allegedly kidnapping at gunpoint Vancouver resident Robert Downey, 27, against his will and transporting him to the upper Washougal River area off North Fork Road on Thursday, Aug. 15.

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