A 37-year-old Juneau man is being sought as the suspect in a stabbing that critically injured Monte Nix, 24, at a beach party out Thane Road April 22.
The Juneau Police Department has issued a $20,000 arrest warrant for Joshua Levi Brown, for first-degree assault, said spokeswoman Erann Kalwara.
Brown is known to use several names including Charlie Hussle or Hustle, and Charlie Brown.
Kalwara said Brown also has been using the identity of Alex Douglas Dornbeirer, a former Juneau resident, as an alias. The real Dornbirer, whose name is spelled slightly differently, has posted an alert on Facebook to clarify that he is not the same man.
“I don’t know why he chose my name out of all people,” Dornbirer wrote. “I met him once. I was also told he had one of my old state IDs. I have no idea how he got it.”
Brown is described as being a white man, 5-foot-9, about 175 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. He is considered extremely dangerous and should not be confronted by the public. Kalwara urged anyone with information about Brown’s location or the case to call 586-0600 or Juneau Crime Line online at www.juneaucrimeline.com.
JPD received a call at about 11:15 p.m. April 22 reporting the stabbing, which happened near parked vehicles and the roadway, in an area above the beach where the party-goers had a bonfire.
Nix said Friday that he was drinking heavily and does not remember what happened most of that night after he bought drinks for friends at the Alaskan Hotel that night.
“I blacked out,” he said in a phone interview. “I woke up in the hospital.”
Nix can only speculate on what happened after he went to the beach party without his friends.
“When I’m blacked out, I’m a totally different person,” he said. “When I get really drunk, I start talking mad crap.”
“I think I wasn’t going down,” Nix added. “I think five guys were fighting me and I wasn’t giving up, so they stabbed me in the stomach.”
A video taken during the party, which reportedly showed party-goers jumping over a bonfire and caught the altercation from the periphery, as well as Nix subsequently lying on the ground covered in blood, circulated via social media.
“They put it on Facebook and then deleted it, but someone got a screen shot,” Nix said. “It literally startled me, when I saw the photo. It was intense. … There was so much blood.”
Nix initially had been transported to Bartlett Regional Hospital, where he was taken to surgery and stabilized before being flown to Seattle. A second surgery was performed there, with Nix losing his spleen and part of his pancreas.
“He stabbed me so deep, it was a centimeter away from a main artery,” Nix said.
Nix was being released from the hospital Friday and heading home to Juneau.
“I’m pretty hyped, I’m excited to come home and see all my friends and family,” he said. “I want to be there as much as they’ve been there for me.”
Nix said the stabbing has served as a wake-up call.
“No more drinking for me,” he said. “I’m going to be honest, since I was 18, 19, I’ve been really drinking. I have younger friends who look up to me, and I don’t want them to see this messed-up dude on the side of street barely making it. I want them to see the positive person I really am. There’s going to be big changes when I get back.”
Nix said although he is recovering, the physical pain has been intense, adding, “I wouldn’t want anyone to experience this.”
“I want my friends to know I’m alright,” he said before asking to convey a message to the community. “Honestly? The most important thing right now is love and trust, that’s all we need in life right now.”
There are several fundraisers being put together fox Nix, including a GoFundMe page that already has raised more than $4,500. There will be an Indian taco/spaghetti brunch and garage sale event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. next Saturday, May 6, at Gruening Park Rec Hall. All funds raised/donated will be given to Nix. This is a family-friendly positive environment with a nearby playground and plenty of parking.
• Contact reporter Liz Kellar at 523-2246 or liz.kellar@juneauempire.com.
Joshua Levi Brown (Photo courtesy Juneau Police Department)
