ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A 24-year-old Anchorage man suspected of pummeling a hotel security guard has been charged with felony assault.
Hunter Hedrick is being held without bail at the Anchorage Jail.
A woman called police Thursday night and reported her boyfriend, Hedrick, had assaulted her at her home and left on foot. A felony warrant was issued for his arrest.
Shortly after midnight, Hedrick tried to get a room at Springhill Suites Hotel and started yelling obscenities.
The security guard, 55-year-old Jeffrey Palm, asked Hedrick to calm down. Police say Hedrick knocked Palm to the ground with punch to the face and continued punching him while he was down.
A second employee, 42-year-old William Grafton, intervened and suffered a broken arm.
Palm suffered face fractures and remained in a hospital Friday afternoon.
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