CLACKAMAS, OR (KPTV) -
Clackamas County sheriff's deputies are investigating a bullying incident after a preteen boy was found with his wrists and ankles bound on the side of Southeast 82nd Avenue.
Investigators say the boy, who is between 10 and 12 years old, was assaulted and tied up by two boys who are around the same age.
The boy was spotted about 9:15 p.m. last Wednesday by a husband and wife driving down the street.
"Oh, it broke my heart," said Mi'Lane Cremeans. "I was still worried about it for days later, talking about it, because it was just a helpless little boy."
Cremeans said the boy was "hog-tied," with his ankles and wrists bound together with shoelaces. According to Cremeans, he was left at the bottom of a hill and somehow managed to make his way up the embankment to the side of the street, where he hoped someone would see him.
"It looked so painful that the sheriff couldn't even wait for someone to come to take photos, he just went ahead and cut him loose," said Cremeans.
The spot is near Southeast Sunnybrook Boulevard, across from the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office training center.
Cremeans said she overheard the boy tell deputies this was not the first time the boys had bullied him.
Detectives are looking into the case and have not determined whether or not the two accused bullies would face charges.
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