Two men arrested in October tentatively go to trial in January for burglary charges after allegedly assaulting an AM/PM employee in Carlsborg.

Joshua Pulliam, 28, of Lakewood, and Julian Treat, 30, of Seattle, both face life imprisonment and/or a $50,000 fine for a first degree burglary charge from Oct. 25.

The men have a status hearing on 1 p.m. Dec. 13 in Clallam County Superior Court before a two-day trial set for Jan. 6, 2025 in court with judge Brent Basden.

They’ve both pleaded not guilty, and have been held on $25,000 bail since their arrests.

No contact orders were granted in early November for Pulliam and Treat with the employee.

According to Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, around 4:30 p.m. Oct. 25, a man and woman came into the store, made threats to the employee and the employee kicked the man out of the store and threatened to call police if he didn’t leave.

Deputes report that the man threatened to return with others to assault the employee, and about an hour later he did and began calling the employee names.

Soon thereafter, men identified via video surveillance as Pulliam and Treat began hitting the employee, with deputies reporting that one of the attackers told the employee to “give me your damn wallet.”

The employee’s wallet was attached via a chain though and not taken, and the men fled in a red sedan when the store manager came, according to deputies.

The men fled eastbound on U.S. Highway 101 and were pursued by Sequim Police officers before it was deemed unsafe as they reached speeds exceeding 100 mph driving into oncoming traffic near Palo Alto Road, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

The sedan was later found by a Washington State Patrol trooper at Sequim Bay State Park.

A team of local law enforcement staffers deployed a drone with night vision and heat signature detection to find the men around 7:30 p.m. that night hiding about one-fourth-of-a-mile away from the park, according to deputies.

Upon his arrest, Treat allegedly had 24 suspected fentanyl pills and a small amount of suspected methamphetamine, the sheriff’s office reported.

Both men declined to give statements.

The employee sustained minor injuries and declined to go to the hospital.

Deputies report a third suspect has not been located or identified, and did not participate in the alleged assault, according to court documents.