A St. Johnsbury man has been charged with assaulting another man with a radio

A St. Johnsbury man has been charged with assaulting another man with a radio. Tristan E. Garcia, 23, pleaded not guilty in court on Monday to misdemeanor charges of unlawful mischief, two counts of simple assault and two counts of violating conditions of release. St. Johnsbury Police said officers were dispatched at 8:49 p.m. to a reported assault at Domino’s Pizza on Railroad Street on June 20. The alleged victim, Robert Speed, 55, told police he had been hit in the head with a radio. Speed said he was parking his vehicle for the night when Garcia approached him in the parking lot and hassled him about needing to move his vehicle…Speed believed Garcia to be heavily intoxicated…Garcia reportedly grabbed a piece of wood and threw it at his Speed’s vehicle. Police said Garcia then fled on foot towards Domino’s, and Speed followed in his vehicle. Speed told police he found Garcia around the side of the business, got out of his car and chased after Garcia, then Garcia then struck him in the head with a radio. Garcia faces a possible sentence on the new charges of over two years in prison and $4,000 in fines.