Two Charged in Drug Deal Gone Bad

LONGVIEW – Two men remain in custody in Longview, accused of seriously beating a man who was trying to buy marijuana from them. The injured man was found outside the American Dream Inn. He told officers when he found out the men didn’t have the drug, he tried to leave and they beat him. He was attacked by one man with a metal pipe. The other man was said to have used his fists and feet. Arrested were Michael David Hernandez, 35, and Leonard Epps, 36, both from Longview. Epps (pictured) is charged of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Hernandez is charged with aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury.