CLEARFIELD — Five Clearfield County men face charges after a man was assaulted, robbed and left naked during an Oct. 6 incident at a Powell Avenue residence in Hyde.

The five — Bradley Alan Maines, 47, Woodland; Paul Harold Hoyt, 34, Curwensville; John Irwin, 40, DuBois; Jason Roy Sipe, 43, Hyde; and Taylor James Wisor, 35, Hyde — faced preliminary hearings in the case Wednesday.

Irwin and Sipe are charged with various felony counts of conspiracy, robbery and theft, as well as misdemeanor unlawful restraint, terroristic threats, simple assault and more. They waived their rights to preliminary hearings, sending their cases on to the court of common pleas.

Irwin is incarcerated on $100,000 bail. Sipe’s bail was lowered from $150,000 bail to $150,000 unsecured on Wednesday, and he was released, according to online court documents.

A hearing was held for Hoyt, who is charged with three felony counts of conspiracy, felony theft and possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, as well as misdemeanor recklessly endangering another person, intentional possession of a controlled substance, two counts of conspiracy/simple assault and possession of drug paraphernalia.

A hearing was also held for Maines, who is charged with three felony counts of conspiracy and misdemeanor recklessly endangering another person and two counts of conspiracy/simple assault.

District Judge David Meholick ruled all charges against both Hoyt and Maines be sent on to the county court. Both men have bail set at $150,000 and remain in the county jail.

Wisor is charged with three felony counts of conspiracy, and misdemeanor counts of possessing an instrument of crime, recklessly endangering another person, possession of drug paraphernalia and two counts of conspiracy/simple assault.

He waived his right to a hearing. His bail was reduced from $50,000 to $50,000 unsecured and he was released.

During the Oct. 6 incident, the victim said he was driving around with Maines before they went to the Hyde residence, where Maines met with Hoyt.

Maines exited the victim’s truck and talked with Hoyt as they walked around the property. The victim said he got out of the truck and two men came from behind and hit him in the legs/shin area with baseball bats, according to the report.

They threatened and assaulted him, forced him to take off his clothes, took his wallet, phone and cards and made him leave, the victim said.

The victim told police he ran and hid on a property near Riverview Road. There, near a church, he found a box containing clothing, which he put on to “make himself look decent.” He then went to a nearby home and had the residents call the police.

He said he did not know who attacked him, as they were wearing masks. Later, Irwin and Sipe became suspects for the actual assault, according to court documents.

While investigating the incident that night, a police officer spotted Wisor and Hoyt at a car wash. Hoyt, according to the report, was wanted by state parole officers and could be seen in the passenger seat of Wisor’s vehicle.

While police spoke with Wisor, Hoyt was seen moving around and reaching for numerous times in the center console. After the officer spotted a metal tube-style pipe, he requested another officer remove Hoyt from the vehicle to detain him as part of the investigation.

When Hoyt was checked for weapons, a knife and saw were found. He also reportedly had a container with approximately 1 ounce of crystal methamphetamine.

Wisor consented to a search of his vehicle and police found a wooden bat on the floor of the back seat. They also found the victim’s cellphone and case.

In a later interview with investigators, Sipe “originally was deceptive, but then began to cooperate,” court documents state.

Sipe said there were “issues” between Irwin and the victim based on an incident involving Irwin’s girlfriend. He told police Irwin told him to grab the wooden bat while Irwin had a metal bat.

When Sipe was asked why he would listen to Irwin, he said he owed him drug money.

Sipe admitted the whole incident was “over drugs” because the victim had been selling them.

During his interview, Wisor began to cooperate and admitted to his part in the assault that occurred at his residence.

Sipe took the bat from Wisor’s vehicle and Irwin also had a bat which they used in the assault, Wisor said.

Later in the evening, Hoyt told him they needed to get rid of the truck. Wisor followed in his vehicle as Hoyt drove the truck and struck a mailbox before parking it where police later recovered it.

From the truck, Hoyt took the saw and the plastic bag of methamphetamine, which police later confiscated, Wisor said.