Security guard hospitalized after being beaten with a bat
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - Two arrests have been made in connection with a reported assault on Dec. 27, when Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) responded to a possible burglary in progress.
When officers arrived, they say they found security guard Christopher Clark, who had attempted to stop a group of trespassers from entering a damaged apartment complex— one that caught fire more than a month ago, displacing 50 people.
A property that has since been boarded up.
According to police records, multiple neighbors watched as a couple later identified as Craig Mauro and his fiancée, Janel Glasgow, allegedly assaulted Clark. Mauro repeatedly struck Clark with a bat on his head and neck when confronted, police believe.
"I just felt a real hard hit to the back of the head and lights out," says security guard Christopher Clark. "When I go to work, I want to come back the same way I left. And unfortunately, that day I did not come back home the way I left."
According to court documents, those same witnesses saw Janel Glasgow grab a heavy wrench from her car and hit Clark in the head as he was blacking out.
"All I could do is just curl up and try to protect my face...I was in pretty much a fight for my life. I think if that guy would have constantly kept hitting me with that bat, I wouldn't be here today," says Clark.
Clark told police the beating only stopped when the attackers heard police sirens approaching.
Now, Clark is in the hospital on a long road to recovery, his wife tells us.
The couple told police they were trying to retrieve their own belongings from one of the burnt-out apartments when Clark accosted them, and things turned physical.
Mauro and Glasgow were arrested on the scene and are now facing charges of assault in the first degree, a class three felony.
The family has started a GoFundMe to help with the medical expenses and overall support for the family.
Editor's note: Colorado Professional Security Services, which Christopher Clark is employed by, handles security for KRDO13.
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