Sisters appear in Somerset sex assault

A pair of sisters made an initial appearance in St. Croix County Circuit Court Thursday, April 12, on felony sex assault charges related to an October incident in the town of Somerset.

Valery Marie Bartkey, 24, St. Paul, formerly of Somerset, and Amanda Lynn Johnson, 18, 221 11th St., Hudson, appeared before Judge Howard W. Cameron Thursday, April 12.

Bartkey and Johnson were each charged with felony second-degree sexual assault, misdemeanor battery and criminal damage. Johnson was also charged with intimidation of a victim. They each posted $5,000 signature bonds.

A preliminary hearing was scheduled for April 17 at 1:30 p.m.

The criminal complaint alleged Bartkey and Johnson threatened an 18-year-old man, made him drink urine and pulled his penis with pliers at a Somerset residence.

Other unnamed young persons and Bartkey’s four-year-old child were at the residence during the incident.

Bartkey also pleaded innocent to disorderly conduct in a separate case stemming from a Sept. 2 incident. The police report alleged Bartkey had offered sex to passersby at the Holiday Station in Somerset.

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