Three Men Charged in Connection With San Pedro Beat Down

News Five has confirmed that three persons were arrested and charged in connection with assault on Aron Castillo, following formal report. The suspects are nineteen-year-old Victor Carillo, thirty-five-year-old Lorenzo Menjivar, and twenty-four-year-old Alexis Oretencio. They were arraigned inside the San Pedro Magistrates Court this morning for the crime of Wounding. All three men pleaded not guilty. They claimed that at no time did they intentionally attack Castillo and that when there was a confrontation between Castillo and Carillo, Menjivar attempted to break up the fight. They also alleged that Castillo was the first to punch Carillo. Alexis Oretencio was additionally charged for driving without Due Care and Attention and Damage to Property. He pleaded not guilty. The Magistrate offered all three men two thousand dollars bail, plus a surety of the same amount. They are to return to court on February sixteenth.