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Man allegedly beats up another for yelling at him
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Posted on Oct 17 2019
A man who allegedly beat up another person in Chalan Kanoa last June was arrested Tuesday afternoon.
Ma Kuch, 29, was arrested in Dandan for assault and battery, and disturbing the peace. He was brought before Superior Court Associate Judge Wesley Bogdan yesterday for bail hearing.
Bogdan allowed the temporary release of Kuch to his wife as third-party custodian on a $5,000 unsecured bond. Preliminary hearing will be on Oct. 24 at 1:30pm.
According to police detective Lupe Ann C. Lizama, a police officer responded a call about disturbance in progress at the JYA Apartment in Chalan Kanoa last June 24 at midnight.
Lizama stated in her report that the officer met with the victim and a witness at the scene and learned that the suspect, Kuch, had already left.
She learned that, prior to the incident, the victim and the female witness were standing and talking on the road near the JYA Apartment, when a car that was driving recklessly almost hit the victim and the witness. The victim yelled at the driver to slow down. The driver, later identified as Kuch, made a U-turn, got out and confronted the victim.
Kuch, who was reportedly drunk, allegedly pushed the victim on the chest, then punched him repeatedly.
The witness said Kuch’s wife and children were inside the car and the wife allegedly kept apologizing to the victim and the witness.
The victim was later taken to the hospital with a 1.5-cm laceration on the left side of his head.
Lizama stated that she later interviewed Kuch on Sept. 28, during which he allegedly admitted punching the victim for yelling at him.
Lizama said that, according to Kuch, he was driving into his parents-in-law’s apartment at JYA to pick up his family when a couple were standing on the side of the road.
Kuch said the couple were drinking beer with their children in the area, which prevented him from driving through.
Kuch said he honked to alert them he was coming in. That was when the man yelled at him, he said.
