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2 Gang Members Beat Man into 'Unrecognizable' Condition, Police SayCousins Rex Faumui, 18, and Patrick Tauanuu, 22, appear in court on assault charges for the beating of 45-year-old Quinn Hennessy.Related Content
Two known gang members are behind bars after Anchorage police say they beat another man until he was unrecognizable.
It is gang violence that can be hard for police to suppress. Cousins Rex Faumui, 18, and Patrick Tauanuu, 22, appeared in court on assault charges after police say they beat up 45-year-old Quinn Hennessy near their home at the 5700 block of Rocky Mountain Court. “The location where this happened has always been kind of a problem area,” explains APD gang intelligence officer Scott Lofthouse. “But, I don’t think it is because of all the citizens there. There is just a few particular ones that are involved in this activity and they start to get the mindset that they own that area and they are free to do what they want to at will.” According to a police report, after he was initially arrested for the assault on July 3, Tauanuu got out on bail and threatened the neighbors who helped his alleged victim, saying he was coming for him and for his home. The incident is not Tauanuu’s first run in with the law. In 2007, he pleaded guilty to an assault on a random man in a Holiday Station store in Mountain View. The altercation was captured on the convenience store’s security camera. Investigators won’t say what the motivation is behind this recent beating, but they do say it is just one of many gang-related crimes happening on Anchorage streets. “They're involved in robberies, internet credit card fraud, burglaries, and assaults. Just about any crime you can think of, gang members are involved in them,” says Officer Scott Lofthouse. Lofthouse is the one man in the police department whose job it is to track Anchorage’s 74 validated gangs and their members. He says it can be hard to keep up because police can’t be everywhere at once. “They will start to get more and more bold, start to commit more crimes,” he says. “Then we identify that's a problem area, and try to suppress the activity.” It is a cycle of violence and suppression that continues on Anchorage's streets Bail for Rex Faumui and Patrick Tauanuu was set at $25,000 cash each. Tauanuu is also facing a witness tampering charge for his alleged threats to his neighbors. |
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gee said on Wednesday, Jul 6 at 11:22 AM
you have got to be kidden me 25,000 this is were the problem lies!!!!!You get out on bail and do it all over agian bail should be no less then 1,000,000.00 keep there @#%$! off our streets!
70248506LovinAK said on Wednesday, Jul 6 at 11:35 AM
Alaska has awesome gun laws for a reason. Maybe the "thugs" would think twice if they weren't the only ones carrying firearms.
70249287gee golly said on Wednesday, Jul 6 at 11:36 AM
LOL like those scum could even come up with 25,000 hahaha its a cash bail!
70249322WOW said on Wednesday, Jul 6 at 11:52 AM
Its amazing to me that there are 74 known gangs in this town..I come from a much bigger place and there is not that many on the streets. I agree throw there &**$# in jail and leave them there, and put a cash bond on them that they know they cant get out on. All these losers do is attack the innocent and try to get the kids involved to do there dirty work!
70250257KENAI GUY said on Wednesday, Jul 6 at 12:14 PM
If our cities would make it a crime to be a gang member, we could prevent a lot of heart ache for law abiding citizens. Lets face it, what good do any of these gangs do for the community. They are all looking to commit crimes against the community, so arrest each and every one for belonging to a gang -- make it illegal. The police know who these insects are and should be expected to arrest them like they do any crime. Being a gang member should be against the law.
70251647Justice said on Wednesday, Jul 6 at 12:23 PM
Easy way to reduce gang membership. Step 1: Put a bounty on each gang member's head dead or alive - more more if dead -a savings to taxpayers and our court system. a. Gang Member -$5,000.00 b. Gang Leader - $15,000.00 Con
70252117JIMMY said on Wednesday, Jul 6 at 12:26 PM
THERE NO GANGS JUST WANNA BE GO TO CALI AND SEE REAL GANGS...LOL
70252377Jake said on Wednesday, Jul 6 at 1:00 PM
First offense, Prison; Second offense, Deportation. We really don't need the likes of this type of human being walking the streets of Anchorage.
70254601Jeanette said on Wednesday, Jul 6 at 2:23 PM
A lot of parents move up here to get their kids away from the crimes they have committed while in a gang but they do not do anything for the kid to help him or(her)to stay away from the gangs.They think just moving will solve the problem, but it does not they just put them in a new location and they are right back doing the same old thing. When I came to Alaska there was only 3 different gangs in Anchorage and now 75 WOW
70258511Wheel of Deportation said on Wednesday, Jul 6 at 7:24 PM
I'd like to buy another vowel, Pat!
70270342Idea said on Wednesday, Jul 6 at 8:20 PM
Hire me to meet these 2 guys. My fee will be two pikes upon which to put their heads.
70272502Idea said on Wednesday, Jul 6 at 8:23 PM
Fines, and money, mean nothing to these two. There is not much that is meaningful to individuals who have reached this state of existence. There are two choice, only: 1. Find something really meaningful to them, and affect it. This means roust their gang members and put as many of them in an underfunded prison as possible. When they get out, roust them again. And again. And again. These individuals are stupid, buy, like pigeons, will respond to stimulus. 2. Eliminate them. Those are the two choices. There are not others.
70272611Kay said on Wednesday, Jul 6 at 9:12 PM
Since these cretins called gang members enjoy thuggery and murder, when caught, they should be tried under the federal terrorism laws, for terrorists they are. Harsh treatment or the death penalty will either change their minds or eliminate their species altogether.
70273787Lifetime Lovah said on Thursday, Jul 7 at 12:06 AM
Damn Samoans .. it's ALWAYS them - Anchorage police need to keep a special eye on the Pacific Islanders here - it's alwaysss them.
70276721Jeannie Lee said on Thursday, Jul 7 at 5:41 AM
Deport the pigs after they serve 25 years to life. They are scum!!!!!!
70286341AnchScanner said on Thursday, Jul 7 at 7:56 AM
Anch does have a anti-gang law, unknown if anyone has been charged with it though. Perhaps APD could enlighten us. Hopefully they will have the book thrown at them...hard....
70294366CoreSince84 said on Thursday, Jul 7 at 2:40 PM
Internet credit card fraud? Come on, gang members aren't even smart enough to know how to do that. It's not only Samoans that are involved in crime, only the ones who weren't raised the right way. I know plenty respectful Samoan adults with legit jobs. Don't let the action of these two, decide your judgements for the whole culture. That's racism, and you're just adding along to it.
70318554olddg said on Thursday, Jul 7 at 3:02 PM
deport the young men or send them to the U.S.Army
70319711JUDGE said on Thursday, Jul 7 at 5:36 PM
What did they beat him for? Maybe he molested a kid????
70327241JIM said on Thursday, Jul 7 at 7:40 PM
The cops are just another gang, except they're the biggest.
70333191Anchorage Lady said on Thursday, Jul 7 at 8:46 PM
these people specifically have been terrorizing people. I was stopped in the street while driving by an angry samoan/hawaiian driver. they are taking over the streets and they really believe they own these properties.TERRIOSTS..
70335496Outback Eddie said on Thursday, Jul 7 at 9:51 PM
These guys need a little talk with my two little friends named Smith and Wesson.
70336842me said on Friday, Jul 8 at 12:05 AM
Deportation? they are from American Samoa. That means they are U.S. citizens. So you gonna deport them to the U.S.A.? Heavy prison sentence. get them off the street.
70339161SAMOAN_SOLDIER said on Sunday, Jul 10 at 1:00 AM
WOW @ ANCHORAGE LADY AND GEE AND GEE GOLLY FORGET YOU GUYS THATS MY COUSINS AND YES WE CAN GET THE MONEY ALRIGHT SO MANY RACIST PEOPLE IN ANCHORAGE YALL DON'T EVEN SAY NOTHING ABOUT BLACK OR WHITE PEOPLE
70441526SAMOAN_SOLDIER said on Sunday, Jul 10 at 1:36 AM
MAN IM HALF SAMOAN AND HALF HAWAIIAN ND NEVER DID READ SO MUCH RACIST THINGS ABOUT US POLYNESIAN PEOPLE LIKE FOR REALS THERE ARE WHITE AND BLACK PEOPLE WHO DOES MANY MORE CRIMES THAN US POLYNESIAN PEOPLE.. ALSO WE ARE HARD WORKING PEOPLE. WE ARE NOT TERRORIST BECAUSE WE DIDN'T BLOW UP ANY TWIN TOWERS OR TRY TO HIGH JACK A PLANE WE WOULD NEVER DO THAT THERE ARE JUST SOME POLYNESIANS WHO JUST MAKES SOME MISTAKES SO PLEASE DON'T WRITE NEGATIVE THINGS ABOUT US POLYNESIAN PEOPLE. BECAUSE I KNOW MANY DIFFERENT NATIONALITY'S WHO LIKES TROY POLAMALU, JUNIOR SEAU, AMD MANY MORE SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE SOMETHING NEGATIVE TO SAY ABOUT PACIFIC ISLANDERS THAN GO WRITE TO TROY POLAMALU OR OTHER POLYNESIANS WHO ARE FAMOUS AND SEE WHAT THEIR GONNA SAY. SO I HOPE MY COUSINS GET OUT SOON!
70441831Jean said on Monday, Jul 11 at 5:33 PM
Send them to the "ARMY"? Are you nuts? They wouldn't even want them, unless they put them in uniform, gave them a rifle,air drop them in AFGHANISTAN on the front lines.Good riddence to scum.
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