The Juneau Police Department confirmed in a press release Thursday that an arrest has been made in the assault of a 50 year-old Juneau man.
The victim, C Scott Fry, was found unconscious and badly beaten on Front Street on Saturday morning. Fry is a musician and employee at the Alaskan Hotel & Bar. He was discovered by a JPD officer bleeding from the face and didn’t appear to have a pulse.
CPR was administered by the officer. He was transported to Bartlett Regional Hospital and later, Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. The hospital described his condition as “stable.”
Darrin D. Austin, 31, was charged with second degree assault. JPD describes the investigation as “ongoing.”