ST. PAULS — A man who was beaten and robbed in his own yard remains hospitalized and may have to undergo surgery, according to Maj. Howard Branch of the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office.

The victim's name has not been released.

Two teenagers have been arrested and charged.

Aaron Jerome Wise, 17, of 145 Spring Branch Drive, St. Pauls, and Martize Douglas, 18, of 251 Barts Road, St. Pauls, are each accused of robbery with a dangerous weapon, assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, and conspiracy to commit armed robbery, according to Branch.

Each was jailed under a $250,000 bond.

The sheriff’s department couldn’t provide complete details, but the investigation thus far shows the man was working in his yard when a vehicle drove by, turned around and came back toward him. The teens inside the car got out and asked the man for directions, but then attacked him, striking him with an object and stealing his wallet, according to Branch.

The robbery occurred Wednesday morning on Great Marsh Church Road, a couple of miles south of St. Pauls.