UPDATED: Juneau police say they have arrested a man on suspicion of beating up an acquaintance in a downtown apartment early Friday morning.
Marcos Galindo, 26, of California, was arrested inside the apartment in the 200 block of South Franklin Street about four and a half hours after the assault was reported at 4 a.m.
Galindo is being held in jail without bail on one count of felony third-degree assault and one count of misdemeanor fourth-degree assault.
Police said the attack left a 36-year-old male victim bloodied and swollen with multiple lacerations on the top of his head and with multiple injuries to his face.
JPD Lt. David Campbell confirmed the victim has since been treated and released from the hospital.
Campbell said police received a phone call at 4:02 a.m. from a witness near Ferry and Rawn Ways who reported a man who was “pretty beat up” and bleeding from his head. The victim had asked the witness to call an ambulance.
Police arrived on scene four minutes later, and the victim, who was conscious and talking, told police Galindo had beat him up.
Four hours later at about 8:44 a.m., police executed a search warrant at the apartment where the assault took place. Police found Galindo there and arrested him. Campbell said Galindo is a new Alaskan resident.
“He’s relatively new to town,” Campbell said. “Apparently he’s only been here a couple of months, so we don’t know a lot specifically about him.”
“He’s known the victim for a few months,” Campbell added.
Campbell said police found blood and signs of a struggle inside the apartment.
He did not say who owned or rented the apartment.
Campbell did not disclose a motive for the assault at this point in time, nor if any weapons were used in the attack.
“We’re still piecing together the chain of events that happened in the morning hours that led up to this assault, but we know they were both in the apartment together when the assault occurred,” Campbell said.
Alcohol was found in both their systems, Campbell said.
Galindo appeared uninjured, police said.
Galindo is to be arraigned in Juneau District Court over the weekend.
• Contact reporter Emily Russo Miller at 523-2263 or at emily.miller@juneauempire.com.
Comments (3)
Add commentPolice believe alcohol was a factor...
One of the factors the City can evaluate when considering whether to renew liquor licenses in an area:
'Whether the surrounding area experiences an unacceptable rate of alcohol abuse or of crime or accidents in which the abuse of alcohol is involved'
Blame V. Responsibility
Problems of a society such as this will never even begin to remedy or even slow when people place blame on a peripheral causation instead of placing responsibility on the individual. Alcohol is not an excuse for behavior. If one believes this then how can the finger point to alcohol? Accountability is the key and enforcement of such is a purpose of the legal system. Allow the legal system its course and if that fails then address that. But don’t throw a rug over dirt; pick it up.
According to...
his Facebook page, Galindo was born in Visalia, CA., and grew up in Goshen before moving to Juneau which he "loves". He describes himself as a devout Catholic and a member of the Knights of Columbus. He says he has been in a lot of trouble from a young age. If the facts of this article are true, then he beat a man black and blue while remaining uninjured himself. To me, that will make any self defense argument laughable. My guess is that his self described criminal past is about to get a current update...