A man who was allegedly beaten with brass knuckles in Hailey last month is now in trouble with the law himself.
After an alleged assault last week in northern Hailey, police are investigating a possible connection between the two incidents.
Twenty-eight-year-old Jason A. Quintana, of Hailey, the victim of the earlier alleged assault in front of Blockbuster Video in downtown Hailey, was arrested Friday on suspicion of aggravated assault for allegedly threatening a 23-year-old man with a baseball bat.
Hailey Police Chief Jeff Gunter declined to release the man's name, but said he was not one of the alleged assailants in the earlier beating of Quintana. Police had not determined on Tuesday whether the recent victim is related to one of the earlier alleged assailants.
Arrested along with Quintana on Friday was Robert J. Garcia, a 23-year-old Hailey man who allegedly threatened the same victim with brass knuckles in an incident that started in the McDonald's restaurant parking lot.
Quintana and Garcia allegedly followed the other man from the parking lot and forced him to stop just north of the restaurant.
"The victim was told they were going to hit him and crush his car," Gunter said. "The victim was able to get away. I don't think the victim ever got out of his car."
Gunter explained that both Quintana and Garcia were arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault because "they both allegedly had weapons and the ability to do harm."
Quintana was himself the victim of a beating with brass knuckles on April 1 in front of the video store. He was treated for multiple head injuries at St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center and released from the hospital the following day.
Following the beating of Quintana, Hailey police arrested 27-year-old Gildardo Salinas-Saliva on a charge of aggravated battery and were still seeking another suspect on Tuesday. Gunter said the suspect may no longer be in the Hailey area.
Jason A. Quintana,
Roberto J. Garcia
