UPDATE | Second Bainbridge victim heard scream from first assault victim before attack

Published 4:02 pm Tuesday, December 16, 2014

The woman assaulted by a stranger outside a Bainbridge medical clinic Monday heard the scream of another woman being attacked before she turned to find the alleged assailant coming up behind her.

The man at the center of a police standoff Monday night on Wallace Way was charged in Kitsap County District Court with second-degree assault after he allegedly attacked two women near The Doctors Clinic just before 2 p.m. Monday.

Adrian Allan Charvet, 25, was charged with the felony during a court hearing Tuesday afternoon.

He remains in custody in Kitsap County Jail. Bail has been set at $30,000.

Bainbridge Island Police Chief Matthew Hamner praised the professionalism and quick work of the officers in his department for arresting the man accused of the random attacks.

“This individual posed a significant threat to the safety of the island,” Hamner said.

“He — unprovoked — attacked two older woman for no apparent reason and caused significant, substantial physical injury,” Hamner said. “The only reason he gave was because he was angry.”

“Within minutes of this assault, these officers went into immediate action and cornered this individual and brought him into custody,” he added.

Police were called to the clinic on Hildebrand Lane after a woman said she was hit in the face by a man in his 20s on Monday, Dec. 15.

The victim, 62, said she had heard a woman’s scream and turned around to see the man, later identified as Charvet, coming toward her.

When the woman acknowledged the stranger, he punched her in the face. According to court documents, she received a serious injury to her left eye that left her with a lacerated cornea. She was helped into the clinic after the attack but was taken by medics from the Bainbridge Island Fire Department to their station on Madison Avenue, then flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment.

The first woman who allegedly encountered Charvet said she noticed a man following her as she walked home to her apartment, but when she turned to ask if he needed help, he “doubled up his fist” to punch her.

The woman, 71, turned her face to avoid getting hit and was punched in the back of the neck. She then screamed.

Charvet then allegedly attacked the second victim outside The Doctors Clinic moments later.

A witness told police he saw a man running south on Hildebrand Lane, and described the man as having frizzy blonde hair and dressed in a gray sweatshirt and jeans.

An officer on the way to the assault call passed by Charvet’s apartment building on Wallace Way less than a block away from where the attacks occurred and heard Charvet screaming out a window of his apartment.

When Charvet saw the officer, he quickly closed the window and blinds, according to court papers, but continued to scream and yell.

A crisis intervention officer and negotiator was brought to the scene and tried to talk to Charvet for several hours without success.

Charvet would not answer the phone and would not talk with anyone, including his mother, according to a certificate of probable cause.

Police said they continued to hear moaning sounds from inside the department.

Meanwhile, a Bainbridge officer made up a photo montage that included Charvet’s photo, and the first victim immediately picked Charvet as the assailant.

Officers obtained a search warrant for the man’s apartment.

A SWAT team broke a window to Charvet’s apartment and went inside, and Charvet gave up.

Police seized a gray sweatshirt from inside the apartment as evidence and arrested Charvet just before 6 p.m. Monday.

Police said Charvet had injuries to his hand and a bandage on one finger.

When asked about the injuries, Charvet allegedly said they occurred “yesterday,” which police said coincided with a series of car prowls and malicious mischief events that happened Sunday, Dec. 14 where blood was found in one of the vehicles that had been prowled.

Police also said they found items from the car prowls inside Charvet’s apartment.

Charvet allegedly admitted assaulting the two women after he was taken into custody, and said he was responsible for the car prowling incidents from the day before. He also said he had stolen alcohol from Safeway.

When asked about the assaults, Charvet said he was angry and “said he wanted to take it out on someone.”

According to court documents, Charvet has mental health issues and problems with alcohol.

Second-degree assault carries a maximum 10-year prison sentence and $20,000 fine upon conviction.

Hamner praised his officers for their hard work and dedication to community safety, and said the arrest happened “in the right way.”

He noted the call for a crisis intervention officer and negotiator and the attempt to get Charvet to resolve the standoff peacefully.

“We did it in the best manner in bringing him into custody. The end result was a broken window. It could have been much worse,” Hamner said.

“I’m just very proud,” he said.