Man allegedly threatens brother with pickaxe over tattoo machine

A man was arrested over the weekend for allegedly threatening his brother with a pickaxe over an argument they had over a tattoo machine.

Peter John Aldan Blas, 33, is facing charges of assault, assault and battery, assault with a dangerous weapon, criminal mischief, disturbing the peace, and domestic violence.

During a bail hearing last Monday, Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph Camacho imposed a $15,000 cash bail on Blas before remanding him back to Department of Corrections custody. He ordered Blas to return to court on March 20 for a preliminary hearing. Blas will be arraigned on April 1.

According to court documents, police responded last March 7 at around 8:06am to a call about a disturbance in Kagman. Responding officers met with the caller who said he got into a fight with his brother, Blas.

The caller stated that Blas had wanted to borrow a tattoo machine. The victim told Blas he could borrow it, but must return it or he would call the police. Blas allegedly responded he could take the tattoo machine and, if anything goes missing, then it goes missing.

Blas’ brother said he asked for the tattoo machine back or he would call the police but Blas allegedly got mad. The victim said Blas grabbed him, put him in a head lock, and punched him more than three times on the right side of his body up to his chest.

The victim said he was able to punch Blas on the head several times and managed to push Blas out of the house. This was when he allegedly saw Blas pick up an axe in the garage so he closed the main door of the house.

Blas allegedly threw the pickaxe at the door, hitting it and punching a hole through. The victim said the axe almost hit his face as he was still behind the door and trying to lock it.

The brothers’ mother, in an interview with police, alleges that Blas was high on drugs and tried to talk to her on the day of the incident.

She claims that when she talked to Blas, he allegedly threatened to kill everyone in the home.