Horror video captures repeat offender allegedly attacking 75-year-old woman, gouging her eye with spiked stick

Newly released video has captured the horrifying infinitesimal a antheral wielding a woody instrumentality with a metallic screw attached to 1 extremity allegedly brutally attacked an aged pistillate astatine random aboriginal December.

Authorities said the suspect, who has a "violent person" caution and an extended transgression past including random assaults, allegedly swung the limb "like a shot bat" and struck the unsuspecting 75-year-old pistillate successful the face. The victim, Jeanette Marken, was near with "a laceration that was bleeding heavily" and is expected to permanently suffer imaginativeness successful 1 eye.

The brazen incidental occurred conscionable extracurricular the King County Courthouse successful downtown Seattle connected Dec. 5.

Suspect Fale Vaigalepa Pea, 42, was arrested soon aft the incidental erstwhile a King County Sheriff's Office lawman posted adjacent the courthouse rushed to the scene. Pea has been charged with first-degree battle and is being held connected $1 cardinal bail. 

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Fale Vaigalepa Pea allegedly attacks 75-year-old Jeanette Marken successful Seattle, Washington, connected Dec. 5. (King County Prosecuting Attorney)

In the video, the fishy appeared to deliberately onslaught Marken successful the look from down arsenic she stood astatine a crosswalk intersection. He past walked distant from the country arsenic respective bystanders rushed to assistance her, called 911 and pursued the suspect.

"The video captured by the Real Time Crime Center shows the fishy assaulting the unfortunate from down with an improvised weapon," Detective Eric Muñoz told Fox News Digital successful a connection Monday. "She had nary accidental to support oregon support herself. SPD is grateful for the assemblage members that came to her contiguous assistance and called 911."

The lad of the unfortunate said successful a GoFundMe leafage that his parent was simply delivering nutrient erstwhile the limb gouged retired her eye, prompting her to autumn connected the level covered successful blood. 

"She was simply waiting to transverse the thoroughfare erstwhile a antheral came from down and struck her successful the look with a woody nine with nails," the lad said. "The stroke was truthful convulsive that she fell into the crushed instantly. "

"Her imaginativeness successful her close oculus was gone, and she was losing excessively overmuch blood. At the hospital, we learned she had aggregate fractures successful her face, skull and nose... and that the harm to her close oculus was permanent. She volition ne'er spot from that oculus again."

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Video has captured the infinitesimal fishy Fale Pea, who has an extended transgression history, brutally attacked a random 75-year-old pistillate successful Seattle, Washington, connected Dec. 5. (King County Prosecuting Attorney)

According to assemblage camera footage, officers said they instantly recognized the repetition offender and described him arsenic "notorious for random assaults" on Third Avenue. Local outlet KOMO News reported that Pea has been successful and retired of jailhouse 8 times this twelvemonth alone. 

"He's a regular," 1 serviceman was heard saying. "He usually punches. I conjecture contiguous helium decided to escalate from his usual."

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Jeanette Marken was brutally attacked connected Dec. 5 successful Seattle, Washington. (GoFundMe)

In 2012, Pea was convicted successful a 2011 enactment stabbing incidental that near 2 radical injured, including 1 unfortunate who was stabbed 8 times, KOMO News said. He reportedly received an 18-month condemnation of assemblage custody, and prosecutors said helium was convicted of battle successful the 2nd degree.

According to tribunal documents, Pea continued to rack up battle charges, including 1 misdemeanor condemnation successful 2020, 4 misdemeanor convictions successful 2023 and different misdemeanor condemnation for battle successful 2024, prosecutors said. 

In 2025, helium was booked 8 times for a wide scope of incidents including assault, indecent exposure, drugs, spot destruction, unlawful usage of weapons and malicious mischief, KOMO News reported. However, nary of his arrests resulted successful charges, the outlet added, citing Seattle Municipal Court and King County Superior Court records.

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Jeanette Marken was transported to a infirmary pursuing a random onslaught that gouged her close oculus successful Seattle, Washington. (GoFundMe)

The King County Prosecuting Attorney, which handles felony charges, told Fox News Digital that it has charged each convulsive felony lawsuit involving Pea that constabulary referred to its office, including the 2011 felony battle lawsuit and the astir caller case. 

In the existent case, prosecutors said they rush-filed a first-degree battle complaint with a deadly limb enhancement, meaning that helium would look a longer sentencing scope if convicted. They besides sought $1 cardinal bail, and requested physics location monitoring if bail was posted.  

Prosecutors said nary different felony cases with capable grounds were referred to them betwixt 2011 and the present.

The bureau noted that Pea’s different battle convictions — successful 2024, 2023 and 2020 — were misdemeanor cases handled by the Seattle City Attorney’s Office, not King County prosecutors.

Seattle City Attorney’s Office and Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell did not instantly respond to a petition for remark from Fox News Digital.