Prosecutors have said that three New Mexico men who attacked a mentally disabled man, branding his arm with a swastika, may receive hate-crime sentencing enhancements.

The Albuquerque Journal has reported that Jesse Sanford, 24, William Hatch, 28, and Paul Beebe, 26, of Albuquerque were each charged with four felony counts of kidnapping, aggravated battery and other charges for the attack late last month on the 22-year-old man of Navajo, N. M. The three remained in jail Monday on a $150,000 cash-only bond each.

The incident occurred in a Farmington apartment where the men also drew racist and obscene words and pictures on the victim's body and shaved a swastika into his hair, police said.

They seized cellphone videos in which one of the men asked the victim if he wished to be branded. The victim responded affirmatively, which police said indicated "pleasing behavior" on the part of a victim toward his attackers, police further said.

Chief Deputy District Attorney Sarah Weaver said that each defendant faces a sentence of up to 35 years on all counts with the hate-crime enhancement.

Weaver said, "We're treating it as a hate crime because we believe there is evidence that hate, either based on race or disability, was the motivation for the crime."

Police further reported that the Navajo man arrived in Farmington by bus on April 29 when he met the three defendants at a Farmington fast-food restaurant where all three worked. (With Inputs from Agencies)