How to resolve AdBlock issue? NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – An Upper Lake man was hospitalized last week after he and his wife were assaulted in Fairfax.
Fairfax Police did not release the names of the 38-year-old and his 26-year-old wife from Upper Lake, who were assaulted early last Tuesday morning.
Sgt. David Cron of the Fairfax Police Department said the agency received a walk-in report of a fight in Fairfax Park from a witness at about 2:35 a.m. April 2.
He said police were told that an argument between several men and the couple had occurred earlier that morning after the closing of Nave's Bar and Grill. That argument allegedly led to the fight at the park.
Cron said the Upper Lake man received severe facial injuries and later was admitted to Marin General Hospital. The man's wife received a blow to the chest, apparently while trying to break up the fight.
Officers searched the area and located two suspects, 20-year-old Fairfax resident Cory Mitchell Bostjancic, 20, and Matthew Alexander Morales, 21, of Woodacre, Cron said.
Both men were arrested and cited at the scene for public intoxication, with more investigation under way into the extent of their involvement in the assault, according to Cron.
Another suspect – identified as Tyler James Poppe, 21, of San Geronimo – also was located. Cron said a short foot chase ensued, with Poppe allegedly fighting with a Ross Police Department officer who was assisting with the investigation.
The officer used his Taser on Poppe, but it failed to subdue him, and Poppe ran off. Cron said Poppe was located several hours later walking around the city, shirtless and bloody, and taken into custody.
He said Poppe was booked at the Marin County Jail for battery with serious bodily injury, battery on emergency personnel, obstructing a peace officer and violating parole. Poppe's bail was set at $20,000; on Saturday Marin County Jail records indicated he was no longer in custody.
Cron did not have an update on the Upper Lake man's condition on Saturday.
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