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A man was arrested in Livermore last weekend after allegedly attacking two men with machetes in a confrontation that occurred when the victims went outside to investigate why the dogs were barking in the middle of the night, according to authorities.
Hugo Peraza-Leveron, 25, faces two counts of attempted murder and other charges in connection with the Dec. 27 incident. He remains in jail custody with a court appearance scheduled for Friday.
The situation unfolded just before 2:30 a.m. on a rural property on Cross Road in unincorporated Livermore, according to a probable cause declaration by Deputy Evan Kelly of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office.
The victims and a witness told the deputy that a machete-wielding stranger was found on the property and swung on the two men.
“The subject said to them, ‘Kill me, I’m going to kill you guys,'” Kelly wrote in his declaration filed with the court.
The second victim recounted that the attacker was walking toward them dragging two machetes on the ground and then began swinging in close proximity to the first victim, according to Kelly. The first victim backed away and the second victim tried to intervene.
The attacker “swung the machetes at (Victim 2) three times while repeating that he was going to kill them. The blades came close to V2’s face, but he dodged the attacks,” the deputy wrote. The first victim then picked up a pipe in self-defense, and the attacker began walking away and proceeded to flee the scene.
Authorities contacted Peraza-Leveron almost two hours later on Greenville Road about four miles away, with a machete in his possession, according to Kelly.
The victims and the witness positively identified him as the attacker, and Peraza-Leveron was placed under arrest just after 5 a.m., according to the deputy. “Perazaleveron provided a self-serving statement after waiving his Miranda rights,” Kelly said.
Peraza-Leveron was booked into Santa Rita Jail in Dublin and subsequently charged by the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office with four felonies – attempted murder and assault with deadly weapon on both victims – and a handful of special allegations and enhancements related to use of a deadly weapon, violence, threats and vulnerable victims. He has not yet entered a plea to the charges in court.
