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West Wendover Police announced the arrest of two suspect wanted for the near fatal beating last week of a West Wendover man.
Abraham “Trucker” Morales, 24, and Salvador Avila, 20, were into the Elko County Jail each on a $10,000 bail on the felony charge of Assault with a deadly weapon causing substantial bodily harm.
According to police and witnesses the two men attacked a 23 year old West Wendover man during the early morning hours of August 28 with clubs or club like weapons.
The victim sustained multiple fractures to his skull, arms and ribs and was air lifted to Salt Lake City for emergency treatment. He has since been released to convalesce at home.
According to the police press release both men were arrested only after they had been formally charged with the crime by the District Attorney’s office substantiating claims made by the victim’s family shortly after the crime.
“We told police who they were and where they lived,” said one family member who spoke on the condition of anonymity several hours after the crime. “But they (the police) said they couldn’t do anything until the DA did. We don’t understand.”
On of the reasons for the family’s concern was that at least one of the suspects is a known flight risk who gain local notoriety earlier this summer when he escaped while handcuffed in a police car.
Abraham “Trucker” Morales spent almost a month eluding police after he made his getaway.
Morales was arrested around 4:30 am Monday June 4, when they arrived to break up a fight at a local bar that he was not involved in and that was no longer going on. according to the police department press release Morales only obvious infraction was yelling them.
Morales was handcuffed and placed in a patrol car for transport. Officers were then alerted to another fight at the same bar. As police investigated the second fight, Morales freed himself from the police vehicle and fled the scene while still handcuffed.
Morales’ month on the lam prompted a flurry of comments ranging from cheers to jeers on the High Desert Advocate’s website www.coyote-tv.
He was finally taken into custody in early July after being lose for about a month.
Several bloggers on the High Desert Advocate’s website accused Morales of being a member of the Rebels 13 gang. Virtually a life long resident of Wendover Morales began to get in trouble with police almost from the time he entered puberty.
While his supporters claim Morales was being picked on by cops his detractors rightfully point out that the young man had been convicted of a whole variety of crimes and thus was by the time he turned 24 a hardened criminal.
Avila, Morales’ accomplice in the near fatal beating also has a long and violent police record.
Most recently Avila was charged with attempted murder in april of this year. A West Wendover man was charged with attempted murder for his part in a domestic disturbance Monday night. According to WWPD press release, officers were dispatched to the home after dispatch received reports of a violent fight in progress.
Upon arrival officers found a severely beaten man. Witnesses related that he had been beaten with a “long wooden object” by two men who had since left the scene. The next day one of the men, identified as Avila was located and arrested.
In June Avila was returned to jail during a court appearance by West Wendover Justice of the Peace Reese Melville.
Melville ordered Avila to spend 10 days in the Elko County for contempt of court after Avila failed to comply with court orders pertaining to a previous DUI conviction.
“I have given you ample opportunity to work on this case but for some reason you haven’t worked with us.” Melville said. “I am going to have you sit in the Elko County Jail for 10 days for you to think about this.”
Unfortunately for the pair’s recent victim those ten days were completed more than a month ago.
the person who was beat, goes by the street name “shrek”, and is a known crack-head in the wendover area, he’s stolen a lot of things from the area and has done a lot of good people wrong. his two brothers are also known crack-heads in the area.
Where is all the Go Trucker Go supporters? lol
Is crap like this that really makes people say wendover is a piece of s#%t community, and people wanted to protect Abraham from going to jail.
FREE TRUKER AND CHUY!!!!
So Dan, are you condoning the beating of a person because they have done wrong? Should we all take up arms and beat Abraham ,Chuy ,or any of their friends because of their history of violence? We don’t live in a third world country, but you f***ing people act like we do. Violence begets violence. Just in case your to stupid to know what that means. Violence promotes other violence, in return. Whoever (Shrek) is might have done wrong, but so has Abraham, and Chuy. Instead of senseless violence, lock all of them up.
DUH, So what your saying, Is you’re willing to let everyone hitch off of your tax money? and if violence was never the answer. Im sure you would have been enslaved at an early age.
My tax money goes to prisons anyway right. If someon was trying to take over a country that’s a violent act. That country in return defends it’s self in a violent manner. If the first country wasn’t violent the second country wouldn’t be violent in return. Yes if someone attacks me I will fight back.
Who do you think pays for the people they beat, when they have no money and no family?
Duh, your uneducated and stuuuuupid, your name says it all. DUH! Maybe now that the crackhead mentioned above got a taste of old fashion justice I wont have to worry about my f***ing car radio getting stolen. Nobody knows the facts on what happened or if the two suspects in custody are even guilty of the above mentioned crime? Who knows?
@dan Then educate me. Do just go straight to name calling point out where my faults are. You’re buy the way. The people that know what happened are Abraham, little Chuy, and “Shrek”.
*Don’t
This is for Dan u got to be a stupid Motherf&&&&&r that got nothing to do just talks shit probably u siting behind a desk telling about u perfect life to everybody u work with but u don’t tell them that u smoked cracowk with them or u go steal car stereo with shrek that’s y u sure about it or u sold them some.I don’t know shrek the only thing I know is whats in the newspapers
N see how many times lilchuy n truker done this before ..
Abraham has alot of support. Just because we arent here posting and commenting things doesn’t mean he’s alone. For us that really know abraham there are no ones comments or thoughts could change my mind about this man.
Nobody deserves to be beaten, especially almost to death, no matter what; crackhead, gay, prostitute, race, etc. They are a bunch of LOWLIFES that have nothing better to do with their lives than to go out and do senseless crimes and think they are all bad and cool, that is how lame West Wendover is. Go to trial and spend the rest of pathetic lives in prison where you belong; yea sure that beating was worth your life. Keep supporting those losers GO LOWLIFES GO LOWLIFES RAH RAH RAH LMFAO!