GEARY COUNTY -Two Kansas men and a woman have been bound over for trial in Geary County District Court on charges of Aggravated Kidnapping and Aggravated Battery, stemming from a July 18 incident in rural Geary County.

Randy C. Fetters Jr., 36, Herington, Story Stanley ( Blocker ), 36, Herington, and Justin Spiker 26, Alta Vista, were bound over for trial following a preliminary hearing in Geary County District Court on Thursday.

The allegation is that the trio removed the victim from a rural property in Wabaunsee County and took him across county lines into Geary County to another rural residence where he was beaten repeatedly, threatened, and then he also had his hair cut, according to Deputy Geary County Attorney Chris Biggs.

“The allegation is that there was a dispute about some property, and then there was also evidence about there being some motive involving the sexual orientation of the victim,” said Biggs.

“The matter is being reviewed right now by me for consideration of whether to request an enhancement under the state statute concerning hate crime.”

Arraignment dates have been set in District Court for Fetters on November 4, Blocker on

October 24, and Spiker on October 7.