Tenino man beaten, left on roadside

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

An Army Ranger from Olympia was charged today with assault and kidnapping following his arrest after a 45-year-old man was found beaten and wandering along Skookumchuck Road near Tenino.

Aid and the sheriff’s office were called about 10 p.m. on Friday night when the 45-year-old Tenino man was discovered on the roadside calling for help, according to detective Sgt. Cheryl Stines.

His hands were bound behind his back, his shirt was pulled over his head and his face was bloody and swollen, Stines said.

Shannon Bussey, 25, was arrested later at Fort Lewis, Stines said.

The sheriff’s office is still looking for a second man they believe was involved, she said today.

Stines said it began earlier in the evening when the man’s wife called her son to ask him to take his step-dad away. The two had what Stines called a domestic incident, although no violence was involved, she said.

The son couldn’t come, so he sent his friend, Stines said.

Two men arrived to the home on the 19,000 block of Steelhead Court, the wife was somewhere else by then, Stines said.

They ended up putting his shirt over his head, duct taping his hands, putting him in the vehicle and beating him up, Stines said.

He was dropped off on the 6,000 block of Skookumchuck Road where he was later discovered, she said.

Stines said he has since been released from the hospital.

Bussey was charged today in Thurston County Superior Court with first-degree kidnapping, second-degree assault and first-degree burglary.

His arraignment is scheduled for Aug. 30.

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