WALKER - A third Cass Lake man accused of severely beating Joel Roy Sept. 20 at a Cass Lake house pleaded innocent Feb. 12 in Cass County District Court to felony first-degree assault
Robert James Budreau, 30, entered his plea before Judge John M. Roue. An April 9 pretrial hearing was set.
Eric Lee Budreau, 23, and David Arthur LaRose, 20, pleaded innocent Oct. 23 in Cass County District Court to felony first-degree assault. Eric Budreau currently is scheduled for a Feb. 27 jury trial. LaRose is scheduled for a March 12 pretrial hearing.
Roy was treated at the Cass Lake Hospital for severe head injuries Sept. 20. He could not breathe and went unconscious before being flown to a hospital in Fargo, N. D., according to court complaints filed against the defendants.
Roy suffered facial fractures, a concussion, lung contusion and required ventilation to breathe, the complaints indicate. He reportedly identified his assailants to officers.
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Officers found the defendants at the Budreau home, where they also found blood on steps and in several unfinished bedrooms inside the house, the complaint continues. When a search warrant was served on the house, officers found bloody clothing under a pile of clothes in the basement.
