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Repeat Offender Charged in Seattle Blindness Assault Case

12/31/2025

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Fale Vaigalepa Pea, 42, was charged with first-degree assault for December 5, 2025 attack on Jeanette Marken in Seattle.
Surveillance footage captured the assault, leaving Marken permanently blind in one eye and with facial injuries.
Pea is known to police for prior violent offenses and has an extensive assault-conviction history.
The case has drawn public concern after Pea entered a not guilty plea.
A trial is scheduled for early 2026.

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Story summary

Fale Vaigalepa Pea, 42, was charged with first-degree assault for December 5, 2025 attack on Jeanette Marken in Seattle.
Surveillance footage captured the assault, leaving Marken permanently blind in one eye and with facial injuries.
Pea is known to police for prior violent offenses and has an extensive assault-conviction history.
The case has drawn public concern after Pea entered a not guilty plea.
A trial is scheduled for early 2026.