Jammie Harley

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Two Syracuse men were charged Monday with assaulting a man with a tree branch.

Marcus Closure, 30, and Jammie Harley, 53, were arrested by the Syracuse Police Department and charged with second-degree assault, a felony, and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor, after a fight near 300 W. Ostrander Ave. left a man injured.

At about 11:25 p.m. Monday, Closure and Harley each wielded a large tree branch as a weapon -- repeatedly striking a man in the head and body with the makeshift weapon, police said. According to Syracuse City Court documents, the assault left the man with a cut above his left eye, "severe" bruising and pain.

Closure, of 1701 Meadowbrook Road, and Harley, of 300 W. Ostrander Ave., were arraigned Tuesday and remanded to the Onondaga County Justice Center in lieu of $10,000 cash or a $20,000 bail bond.