Wednesday, April 1, 2009

$2M bail for each beating suspect in Skamania County skier attack

Bail has been set at $2 million each for a Vancouver father and son accused of brutally beating a cross-country skier and taking his car and wallet.

Seattle Times staff and newswires
Stevenson, Skamania County

Bail has been set at $2 million each for a Vancouver father and son accused of brutally beating a cross-country skier and taking his car and wallet.

Skamania County Superior Court Judge Thompson Reynolds scheduled arraignment on Thursday for 33-year-old Michael David Collins and his 16-year-old son, Tevin Collins.

The Vancouver Columbian reports they were in court in shackles Tuesday in Stevenson after being flown back from Mexico, where they were arrested.

They are charged with attempted murder and robbery in the Feb. 9 attack on 52-year-old Robert Kevin Tracey, of Washougal, as he was cross-country skiing in a remote area. Prosecutors say he was beaten, choked and left for dead.

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