LACROSSE, Wis. — Bail was set at $50,000 each for two men in a 2023 kidnapping in which an 84-year-old man was held captive in his basement and tortured. Both men have Kentucky connections. So does a woman, who’s still at large. Caleb M, Crocker, 27, was arraigned on charges of kidnapping, physical abusing an elderly person and causing bodily harm, intimidating a victim, and false imprisonment. The judge said that Crocker could be released on bail only if strapped with a GPS tracking device. Crocker remained in the LaCrosse County jail. The second man, Kyle J. Wedekind, 40, who faces the same charges, already is at the Kettle Moraine medium-security state prison on unrelated charges. The criminal complaints against Crocker and Wedekind added detail to earlier accounts on the kidnapping:

> Someone attempted to use the victim’s credit card at a Walmart in LaCrosse for three transactions totaling $2,000 but not before he card was invalidated.

> Someone attempted to cash a check from the victim for $780 but not before the account was closed.