Complaint: Man thinks the person around is suspicious and beats him with a stick | News

A man who thought he was following a shoplifting suspect from Dededo followed another man to Dededo Pay-Less, then followed him into the store, punched him and beat him with a baseball bat, according to the judge’s complaint filed with the Supreme Court.

But police said the man Nakota Guerrero Valentine beat and sent to the hospital was innocent; Neither he nor the cousin he was with matched the description of a man trying to break into the home where Valentine’s relative lived.

The complaint stated that these people were stuck in the area and ran away because they were afraid the man would come at them with a baseball bat.

Valentine, 32, was charged Tuesday with aggravated assault, a third-degree felony.

The charge included a specific allegation that a deadly weapon was used in the commission of a felony.

Police received a report of a burglary at 11.50am on Monday and the victim’s family members set out to find the man trying to break in. They found both cousins ​​in a short time.

The first man was found in Pacific Gardens. He said he and his cousin were hanging out when two men approached them and asked what they were doing. One of the men had a baseball bat and hit her car, and she drove away.

Meanwhile, his cousin Dededo ran into Pay-Less. Security footage reviewed by police shows the man entering the store, followed by Valentine with a bat in his hand.

The man tried to block Valentine with the shopping cart, but Valentine swung the bat and missed, then struck the man in the face three times with his right fist, struck him with the baseball bat, and then struck him again in the face with a closed fist. He caused her to fall to the ground, the complaint said.

Valentine punched the man five times and slapped him twice while he was on the ground. The complaint stated that he hit her one last time before leaving the store.

Valentine told police he was trying to protect his relative. He thought the men were guilty because he didn’t know them, they looked suspicious, and they were on family property.

He said he was convinced they were thieves when they escaped.

He said in the complaint that he did not remember how many times he hit the man and that he wanted him to stay there until the police arrived rather than running away “before justice was served.” He said he calmed down when the man stopped trying to fight back.

The injured man was taken to Guam Regional Medical City for treatment.