ELDERLY SEATTLE WOMAN HAS EYE GOUGED OUT IN RANDOM ATTACK BY REPEAT THUG

New York Post

 

Elderly Seattle woman has eye gouged out in random attack by repeat thug — as cops admit ‘he’s notorious’

By Emily Crane

Published Dec. 22, 2025

Updated Dec. 22, 2025, 6:14 p.m. ET

 

Sickening footage shows the moment an elderly Seattle woman had her eye gouged out after she was randomly bashed in the head with a board by a “notorious” repeat-offender thug.

 

Jeanette Marken, 75, was permanently blinded in her right eye after the alleged perp, Fale Vaigalepa Pea, 42, struck her with a piece of wood riddled with bolts and screws earlier this month, KOMO reported.

 

The horrifying clip from downtown Seattle captured the attacker approaching the unsuspecting woman from behind as she waited patiently to cross the street just outside the King County Courthouse.

 

The violent offender used both hands to swing the piece of wood as hard as possible, bashing his victim and then calmly strolling away.

 

The victim could be seen clutching her face as horrified witnesses rushed to help.

 

Separate police bodycam video later captured cops immediately recognizing the alleged perp as a “notorious” repeat offender when they went to nab him.

 

“Is that Fale Pea?” one officer can be heard asking.

 

“He’s notorious for random assaults on Third [Avenue].”

 

When an EMT asked about the suspect, a cop responded, “He’s a regular. He usually punches. I guess today he decided to escalate from his usual.”

 

Pea, was slapped with an assault charge over the latest incident, has racked up a long list of prior arrests for assault, property destruction and unlawful use of weapons.

 

He was booked eight times this year alone in the King County jail, but none of them resulted in felony charges, records show.

 

The revelation infuriated the victim’s family as they demanded to know “what the hell is wrong” with the soft-on-crime system.

 

“She remembers the shock, the pain, the fear of suddenly not being able to see,” her son, Andrius Dyrikis, said on a GoFundMe page set up to help with the medical costs.

 

“Strangers, people I will always be grateful for, rushed to help her, but she could only hear their voices. Her vision in her right eye was gone, and she was losing too much blood. At the hospital, we learned she had multiple fractures in her face, skull and nose… and that the damage to her right eye was permanent. She will never see from that eye again,” he said.

 

“For a woman who worked every day to support herself and her family, this attack took more than her health. It stole her independence, her ability to work, and the sense of safety she once had. Now even the simplest tasks are difficult. She faces a long road of surgeries, recovery, and emotional healing.”