NorthwestNovember 3, 2015

ASOTIN - Jeremiah E. Bostrom has pleaded innocent to first-degree assault and burglary charges filed in connection with an alleged hatchet attack in a marijuana field in Clarkston.

Bostrom, 29, of Post Falls, is represented by attorney Rick Laws, a public defender. He appeared in Asotin County Superior Court Monday before Court Commissioner Tina Kernan and remains in custody of the Asotin County Jail on a $250,000 bond.

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Bostrom is accused of attacking Justin Pederson Oct. 26 while Pederson was staying in a tent surrounded by marijuana plants on the 2000 block of 13th Street in Clarkston.

During the attack, Pederson attempted to defend himself with a knife, according to the Asotin County Sheriff's Office. Both men were wounded and treated for non-life threatening injuries at area hospitals.

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