Prosecutors Claim Suspect Kicked Unconscious Bryan Stow
LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) - One of two suspects accused of savagely beating a San Francisco Giants fan outside Dodger Stadium kicked the victim several times in the head even though he was unconscious after being punched, prosecutors alleged Monday.
Authorities for the first time provided a detailed description of the allegations against Louie Sanchez, and co-defendant Marvin Norwood in a motion opposing a reduction of the $500,000 bail set for Sanchez.
The two men are charged in the beating of Bryan Stow a paramedic who remains hospitalized with a brain injury.
Sanchez was accused of leading a violent rampage against a number of Giants fans during and after the March 31 home opener.
The trouble began inside the stadium, when Sanchez threw a soda at a woman. When her companion yelled at Sanchez, Norwood had to hold Sanchez back to stop him from attacking the man, the document states.
After the game, Sanchez ran to a group of young Giants fans and swung his fist at one of them, prosecutors said.
Then, Stow and a group of friends walked past as Sanchez stood by his sister's car. Sanchez punched a man identified as Matthew Lee, the document states, then chased Stow and others several hundred feet before hitting another man identified as Allen Jeffrey Bradford. He next turned his attention toStow.
"Stowwas facing defendant Norwood when Sanchez ran up behind Stow and punched him in the side of the head," the document states. "Stow's friends, who are paramedics, describe that Stow immediately lost consciousness and fell sideways to the ground without breaking his fall. When Stow's head hit the ground witnesses heard his head impact the concrete and saw it bounce."
Sanchez then kicked the unconscious Stow several times in the head while Stow's friends tried to shield him with their bodies, prosecutors said.
Norwood is also accused of kicking Stow then standing over his prone body and saying, "Who else wants to fight?"
Sanchez and Norwood left in a car that police have previously said was driven by a woman with a child in the vehicle. The identities of the woman and child haven't been released, but prosecutors said when media reported the extent of his injuries, Sanchez told his son not to tell anyone what happened.
Prosecutors also provided photos of weapons seized at Norwood's house including an AR15 carbine rifle with a scope, a pistol-grip shotgun, a revolver, other weapons and ammunition. Norwood told police he was holding the guns for Sanchez because Sanchez could not keep them at his parents' home where he was staying.
Sanchez's attorney, Gilbert Quinones, said he had not seen enough evidence in the case to comment.
The request to reduce bail was continued until Norwood and Sanchez's Aug. 10 arraignment.
A woman who answered the phone at Sanchez's home hung up without commenting Monday. Last week, Sanchez's father Luis Sanchez answered the door at the family home on a quiet cul-de-sac in Rialto in San Bernardino County.
He said he was frustrated with media coverage of the case and wanted to speak out, but had been told by lawyers not to.
"It's on the tip of my tongue. I want to, but no comment," the father said on Wednesday.
Prosecutors also outlined Sanchez's criminal past. His adult rap sheet includes battery on a spouse or cohabitant in 2003. He completed a year long domestic violence course.
In 2004, he was arrested for carrying a loaded firearm in a car and the following year he was convicted of driving under the influence.
In 2005, he was arrested again for DUI after leading police on a high-speed chase through a residential community.
"It is clear from the crimes charged and from his criminal history that defendant Sanchez is completely incapable of controlling his behavior or obeying court orders," the document states.
Stow, a paramedic from Santa Cruz, remains hospitalized at San Francisco General Hospital. The father of two has been in a coma and treated for seizures in the weeks since the opening day attack on March 31st.
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