A man arrested in connection with an attack on a 75-year-old woman last week in downtown Seattle is now charged with assault in the first degree.

Prosecutors allege Fale Vaigalepa Pea, 42, assaulted the woman near 3rd Avenue and James Street last Friday.

Pea has a previous conviction for assault in the second degree from 2012.

He is due in court for arraignment on December 11.

On December 5, the Seattle Police Department (SPD) received several reports of a man swinging a wooden stick with metal screws in it, SPD announced .

“He swung the stick like a baseball bat, intentionally striking her in the face, causing serious facial injuries,” Seattle Police Detective Eric Muñoz told KIRO Newsradio.

“She’s surviving, but what police said is that she might lose sight in one of her eyes,” C

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