Twin brothers are behind bars facing several charges following an alleged assault and robbery at a Salmon Valley home last week.

Kirk Arthur Clark and Joel Milton Clark, both 26, each face two counts of assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm and one count each of theft over $5,000, and theft under $5,000.

Kirk Clark also faces two counts of driving while disqualified and one count each of dangerous driving and uttering threats.

Prince George RCMP Cpl. Craig Douglass said the charges come from a July 24 incident in which the two allegedly attempted to steal a metal gate from the driveway of a Wright Creek Road home using a skid steer tractor.

One of the residents was struck in the head with an object and he and another man were chased by one of the suspects wielding an axe, Douglass said. One of the alleged victims, who did not provide his name, told the Citizen in a website posting that he was struck in the head with a crescent wrench and received a concussion as a result.

The Clarks then fled the scene in a black pickup truck with a flat deck trailer, Douglass said, but Kirk Clark was arrested the next day without incident when he was seen driving near Austin Road and Highway 97 in the Hart. Joel Clark was located and arrested on Tuesday evening.

Both remain in custody and their case continues through the court process.