FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) - Three San Juan County men, accused of using a hot wire hanger to brand a mentally disabled Navajo man on the arm with a swastika, will stand trial in state District Court.

Magistrate Stanley King determined Wednesday there was enough evidence to order 24-year-old Jesse Sanford of Farmington to be tried on charges of kidnapping, aggravated battery, causing great bodily harm and other felonies.

King heard testimony from the victim, who also had a swastika shaved on the back of his head, and police detectives. A defense attorney argued there wasn't enough evidence to support the kidnapping and conspiracy charges.

Two other defendants, 28-year-old William Hatch of Fruitland and 24-year-old Paul Beebe (Beeb) of Farmington, waived their preliminary hearings and were bound over for trial.

The three men remain jailed on $150,000 bond.

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