A man who allegedly broke into a Mendenhall Valley residence and beat a man with a metal baton was indicted Thursday on one count of third-degree assault and a count of first-degree burglary.
Near midnight on Nov. 29, Matthew Wilson was at his apartment on Mendenhall Loop Road when a man forced his way into the home, according to charging court documents. The man was later identified as 50-year-old Patrick Stephen Dealexandro, and was wielding a metal baton akin to a police baton, the documents allege.
Dealexandro struck Wilson, either with the baton or a door according to Wilson’s report to police. Wilson called police at 11:58 p.m., and Officer Jason C. Van Sickle arrived at the scene shortly afterward.
When Van Sickle arrived, according to the indictment document, Van Sickle saw Wilson holding a bloody paper towel on his forehead. Wilson then revealed a two-inch laceration over his left eye. Wilson told Van Sickle that Dealexandro attempted to hit him with the baton multiple times, but was only able to connect once.
Wilson was taken to Bartlett Regional Hospital, where he received eight stitches to close his head wound.
According to a dispatch from JPD, officers were able to arrest Dealexandro at a residence on Nugget Drive and took him to Lemon Creek Correctional Center. According to the indictment handed down Thursday, third-degree assault is a Class C felony and first-degree burglary is a Class B felony.
No motivation for the attack was provided in court documents. The documents made no mention as to whether the two men knew each other.
The grand jury handed down two other indictments Thursday. In one, a 29-year-old Juneau man was indicted on two counts of domestic violence assault and one count of tampering with physical evidence. JPD received a call on Nov. 20 that a neighbor saw through a window that the 29-year-old man was choking a woman. When police arrived on the scene, they saw a woman walk through the living room, but nobody answered the door for five minutes.
The 29-year-old man answered the door, appearing to have just gotten out of the shower. He told the police that he didn’t believe the woman in question to be in the residence. When officers entered the residence, they found the woman in question hiding in a closet.
Upon examining the woman, officers found that a small piece of scalp was missing, and there was a large laceration on her left cheek. The laceration was consistent with a bite mark, according to the indictment document. It was determined that five children were in the residence and three of them were in the room when the assault occurred.
Electronic records indicate the man is still in custody at LCCC. Alcohol may have been a factor in the case, police said.
The Empire is not naming the person at this time, because it would identify the victim in the case. The Empire typically does not name victims or alleged victims of domestic violence or sexual assault.
The third indictment handed down Thursday was one count of driving under the influence for Juneau man Gary Donald Piper, 51. At just after 7 p.m. Dec. 2, JPD Officer Jim Esbenshade saw a vehicle parked on the inbound shoulder of Egan Drive by Twin Lakes. In the indictment document, Esbenshade reported that he smelled alcohol in the vehicle. Piper had bloodshot eyes and swayed balance, Esbenshade reported.
Piper, who has previous DUI convictions in 2013 and 2015, blew a 0.268 in the Data Master following his arrest. He was indicted with a Class C felony.
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