Seattle: Woman Blinded by Repeat Offender

Seattle: Woman Blinded by Repeat Offender

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An elderly woman was savagely attacked in broad daylight by a man wielding a wooden board with nails in it.

Jeanette Marken, 75, was left permanently blinded in her right eye after being hit in the face with the makeshift weapon in Seattle, allegedly at the hands of repeat offender Fale Vaigalepa Pea, 42.

Family members told KOMO that a screw sticking out of the board gouged out Marken's eye, and after several surgeries she was told she will not recover her eyesight in the eye.

In footage of the incident, Marken was seen walking up to the corner of an intersection before a man identified as Pea crept up behind her and launched his attack.

After swinging the wooden bat at the 75-year-old and knocking her to the ground, a quick thinking bystander took a picture of the culprit before tending to Marken.

The bystander then pointed a King County Sheriff's deputy to the attacker, and Pea was arrested near the scene.

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Marken's son Andrius Dyrikis told the outlet that the random attack has left the family stunned, saying: 'To take a wood club with nails and hit her at full force in the face? I don't understand it.'

In bodycam footage from the arrest as the Seattle police were called to the scene, an officer appeared to recognize Pea as a repeat offender, saying he is 'notorious for random assaults.'

The bodycam footage showed a paramedic question the officer after he recognized Pea, asking: 'Who is this guy?'

'He's a regular. He usually punches,' the officer responds.

'I guess today he decided to escalate from his usual.'

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Police said Pea was 'notorious' for attacking random victims on Third Avenue in Seattle.

According to KOMO, Pea's string of offenses dates back to 2011, when he stabbed two people at a party.

One of the victims in that attack was stabbed eight times, yet despite a jury finding Pea guilty of the savage attack, he received a sentence of just 18-months community custody.

Pea continued racking up criminal offenses over the years, including one in 2020, four in 2023, and one in 2024.

This year, the King County jail reported that Pea has been booked into custody a staggering eight times, for offenses including assault, indecent exposure, drug offenses, and property destruction.

Other offenses he was booked in for included unlawful use of weapons and malicious mischief.

Police said Pea was 'notorious' for attacking random victims on Third Avenue in Seattle.

The bodycam footage showed a paramedic question the officer after he recognized Pea, asking: 'Who is this guy?'

'He's a regular. He usually punches,' the officer responds.

'I guess today he decided to escalate from his usual.'

According to KOMO, Pea's string of offenses dates back to 2011, when he stabbed two people at a party.

One of the victims in that attack was stabbed eight times, yet despite a jury finding Pea guilty of the savage attack, he received a sentence of just 18-months community custody.

Pea continued racking up criminal offenses over the years, including one in 2020, four in 2023, and one in 2024.

This year, the King County jail reported that Pea has been booked into custody a staggering eight times, for offenses including assault, indecent exposure, drug offenses, and property destruction.

Other offenses he was booked in for included unlawful use of weapons and malicious mischief.

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