Two Duluth residents charged with kidnapping, attempted murder

Two Duluth residents have been charged with kidnapping and attempted murder after a man was allegedly gagged with a padlock and beaten with nunchucks.

Natausha Rae Smith, 34, and Wade Allen Sorensen, 37, were charged in State District Court on Thursday with aiding and abetting kidnapping, first-degree aiding and abetting assault, and first-degree aiding and abetting attempted premeditated murder. The most serious charge, aiding and abetting kidnapping, carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison and/or a $50,000 fine. Both suspects remain in the St. Louis County Jail. Sorensen is being held without bail and Smith's bail was set at $100,000.

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