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FORT COLLINS — A judge has denied a lower bail for a Loveland man accused of attacking and trying to sexually assault two female hikers.
James Jud Bondsteel, 38, is being held in Larimer County jail on $100,000 bail. State District Judge Dave Williams Friday denied his request for a $50,000 surety bond after hearing from the hikers.
One woman told Williams that Bondsteel held a knife to her throat and cut her arm. The women say they fought off their attacker with a hiking stick.
The two were hiking in the Roosevelt National Forest northwest of Fort Collins on Sept. 13. The women have been identified only as a 38-year-old from Eaton and a 46-year-old from Casper, Wyo.
Bondsteel’s preliminary hearing is set for Nov. 12.
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