Garrett Thayne Katcher
Staff Report
Garrett Thayne Katcher of Los Alamos appeared Thursday in Los Alamos Magistrate Court for a pre-trial hearing on a charge of aggravated battery against a household member.
At the beginning of the proceedings, his attorney, Public Defender Tyr Loranger told Judge Pat Casados his attorney-client relationship with Katcher had collapsed due to behavior exhibited by Katcher in the hallway prior to court. He asked to be removed from the case. Casados gave Katcher until May 22 to obtain a public defender and set a status hearing for May 25.
Katcher was arrested Jan. 30 after former Los Alamos Police Ofc. David Bradshaw responded to the report of a fight and someone breaking a window at an address on 33rd Street. Upon arrival, Bradshaw’s incident/investigation report states that he observed Katcher striking a woman in the face, causing her to fall her to the ground. Bradshaw got out of his vehicle and ordered Katcher to stop but Katcher attempted to leave the area so Bradshaw took him to the ground and placed him in handcuffs.
The woman had scratches and abrasions on her face and lower back, according to the report. Los Alamos Fire Department was called to the scene and the woman was treated. The report also indicates that she told Bradshaw the fight had started when she exited the home to tell Katcher that her roommate did not want him in the home.
Katcher was previously arrested in January 2016 on charges of false imprisonment, battery against a household member, criminal trespass and interference with communications. Those charges were dismissed without prejudice by Assistant District Attorney Kent Wahlquist because the alleged victim made it clear that she will not cooperate in the prosecution of Katcher. The notice of dismissal filed in the First Judicial Court says that without the alleged victim’s cooperation, there was not a reasonable likelihood of the State’s success at trial.