Beating in apartment on LVD treaty lands in the western Upper Peninsula leads to federal charges in Marquette, MI
Facebook Photo: 2015 photo of David Baldwin, now subject of assault probe
TERROR ON THE REZ: “Biological Evidence” is a major focus of the search warrant includes DNA – bodily fluids – blood – and hair
So far one victim identified
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(Marquette, MI) – A western Upper Peninsula man is jailed this morning (Tues., Aug. 30, 2016) on federal charges he seriously beat another man with a candle jar, fists and a kitchen chair in the victim’s apartment on Lac Vieux Desert treaty lands.
However, the feds are gathering evidence in what they call a PROBE “violent physical altercation.”
45-year-old David King Baldwin has been arrested by the FBI for allegedly brutally assaulting another man.
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In addition to the victim’s injuries, the FBI investigated the incident because it happened on treaty lands and the three people involved in the incident – two men and a women – are Native American, according to the federal complaint.
The victim – identified only as male with the initials A.J.J. – was assaulted “with a dangerous weapon” that investigators identified as a chair. The victim was assaulted in his home in Watersmeet Township – shortly after a female – identified only as J.P.B. – dropped by his residence. Five minutes after the women arrived, the suspect – Baldwin – “banged on his (the victim’s) door.”
However – federal prosecutors seem to be deepening their probe into the incident as they requested a special search warrant covers DNA evidence like bodily fluids, blood, and hair. Federal prosecutors have not stated the reason but it appears they are looking evidence to prove whether there was an additional victim or victims.
The search warrant signed by U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy P. Greeley.
The federal search warrant includes “items identified by witnesses” such as “improved weapons” allegedly used by Baldwin including “cellular telephoners, glass jars, knives, chairs, and club-like objects”
Damaged clothes and broken furniture were among the household items specified in the search warrant.
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USA v. E23905 Transfer Station Road, Unit 2, Watersmeet, MI
Date filed: 08/12/2016
Date of last filing: 08/16/2016
E23905 Transfer Station Road, Unit 2, Watersmeet, MI
Gogebic County
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A.J.J. opened his door “and Baldwin struck him in the face,” the complaint states in explaining the victim’s account.
“A.J.J. tried to defend himself,” the complaint states, adding the suspect then attacked the victim with a candle jar “that had been atop the table.”
“Baldwin then hit A.J.J. on the side of the head with a glass candle jar,” the complaint states, adding the attack was not over.
“Baldwin next picked up a kitchen chair and hit A.J.J. with it,” the complaint states.
The victim was hit “upon his arms – as he tried to fend off the blows,” the FBI interview revealed.
The victim managed to escape and at 3:13 a.m. arrived at the Lac View Desert Tribal Police Department to report the assault. Two minutes later LVD officers respond to the scene.
Baldwin and J.P.B. were found “seemingly unconscious” laying in the yard “outside the apartment building,” the officers reported. Baldwin “had what appeared to be blood on the upper right portion of his shorts, as well as, his gray t-shirt and legs,” the complaint states.
Baldwin “woke up” and asked the officers several questions before being placed in handcuffs.
“What’s going on,” Baldwin asked.
Where am I,” he said.
Meanwhile, no other information was release on J.P.B. – and while U.P. Breaking News has confirmed her identity and connection to the suspect – we are withholding her identity because it was not listed in the criminal complaint.
The victim invited tribal officers into his apartment to show the evidence of the assault including the broken chair.
A.J.J. suffered numerous injuries including “a large lump on both of his forearms, a scratch on the left side of his neck, and a reddened cheek.” The victim was treated for arm injuries at the Ministry Eagle River Memorial Hospital, where medical records state he “suffered blunt trauma to the right forearm and had a deep tissue contusion.”
Citing a doctor’s addendum, the complaint states, “it was noted that the patient reportedly sustained the injury during an altercation with another person.”
“The patient stated the person was trying to hit him over the head with the folding chair and he defended himself with his hands/arms,” the doctor wrote in an addendum – the complaint states.
The attack occurred at the victim’s apartment on Fri., Aug. 12, 2016 at E23905 Transfer Station Rd, Unit 2 in Watersmeet, MI “in Indian Country” inside Gogebic County “on land held in trust by the United States for the use of the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians,” according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court at Marquette.
The charges are the result of an investigation by two FBI agents, Lac Vieux Desert Tribal Police and the LVD tribal prosecutor. The complaint was presented to a federal judge by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent Mark Hoff, who investigated the assault.
The complaint alleges Baldwin committed the attack “with the intent to do bodily harm without just cause or excuse,” according to the criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in the Western Division of Michigan
The felony criminal complaint was signed on Fri., Aug. 26 by U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy P. Greeley in Marquette, MI.
“This affidavit does not set forth all matters discovered during the course of this investigation,” Agent Hoff stated in the complaint.
Related links and info:
Facebook Photo: 2015 photo of David Baldwin, now subject of assault probe
David King Baldwin
https://www.facebook.com/david.baldwin.31
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
Gete-gitigaaniwininiwag in the Anishinaabe language
Lac View Desert Tribal Police Department and Prosecutor’s Offices
http://www.lvdtribal.com/offices.html
http://www.lvdtribal.com/history.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac_Vieux_Desert_Band_of_Lake_Superior_Chippewa
http://www.glitc.org/tribes/lacvieuxdesert
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI Special Agent Mark Hoff
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