Three charged in Quincy assault

Local Crime News

by Herald Staff Writer & Cameron Probert
| July 15, 2012 6:05 AM

EPHRATA - Three Quincy residents are charged with attacking two males with baseball bats and axes in Quincy.

Prosecutors each charged Enrique D. Jaramillo, 20, Christopher S. Avila, 17, and Martha A. Jaramillo, 19, all of Quincy, with first degree assault in Grant County Superior Court, according to court records.

Avila was charged as an adult under a state law requiring 16- or 17-year-olds accused of certain crimes to be charged as an adult.

Grant County Superior Court Judge John Antosz set bail at $15,000 for each of the people.

The attack reportedly started when the victims stopped at the Jackpot gas station in Quincy. Avila was outside and started speaking to the victims, prompting them to go to an alley, according to a Quincy police report. When the two males drove into the alley, a group of five to six people attacked them with an assortment of weapons including two bats, a hatchet, a pipe and a skateboard. Avila, Enrique and Martha Jaramillo were reportedly in the group.

When the victims got out of the car, the group reportedly attacked. One of the victims allegedly remembered a bunch of people chasing him. He reportedly stopped to throw rocks at the group, but they persisted and he ran again, according to the police report. Then he was allegedly hit in the back of a head with a hatchet.

Two witnesses reported seeing the male running across the street, and being chased by the group before one of the people grabbed the victim, dragged him to the ground and hit him in the head with a hatchet, according to court records.

The victim had a fractured skull. The officer reported the victim may lose an eye and had multiple staples in his head, according to court records.

Avila, along with Enrique and Martha Jaramillo, gave differing versions of what occurred. They all reported the victims started the fight, but the location and details changed between their versions, according to the police report.

While Enrique Jaramillo did admit past associations with gangs, the police report did not state whether the incident was gang-related.