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Two teenagers are facing assault charges after the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office said they tied up a male victim and lit him on fire in early August.

An investigation into the incident led to arrest warrants for an 18-year-old Cherry Creek man and a 19-year-old Salamanca man. Neither was identified by name by the Sheriff’s Office on Thursday, but both were charged with second-degree assault and second-degree unlawful imprisonment.

Investigators learned that the teens allegedly tied the victim to a chair Aug. 3 inside a Cherry Creek residence. An accelerant was then poured on the male and then set on fire.

Sheriff James Quattrone said the male was treated for burns to his neck, upper back and arm and eventually released from a local hospital. He noted that the teens were acquaintances with the victim, though a motive was not known.

The 18-year-old and 19-year-old were arraigned at the Chautauqua County Jail; one was released, the other was held on bail.