A man has been sentenced to serve 30 months in prison for assaulting a man on the U.S. Coast Guard base in Kodiak.
Chief U.S. District Court Judge Ralph R. Beistline handed down the sentence to 51-year-old Michael Ensley, along with restitution of more than $28,000 to the victim of the assault, Aureo Peralta. Ensley pleaded guilty to first-degree assault as part of a plea deal that dismissed an additional charge of unlawfully entering Coast Guard property.
Ensley went into the commissary on base on Feb. 16, 2015, according to court records. His wife, Terri Ensley, reportedly worked in the building at the time.
“He went to the base to talk with the person he thought was having an affair with his wife,” his defense team said in a sentencing memorandum. “When he contacted Mr. Peralta, he experienced a burst of rage, and unfortunately for everyone involved, that rage found its way to his fists.”
Ensley reportedly grabbed Peralta by the throat and punched him, knocking him out, according to the prosecutors. He then straddled Peralta and began punching him multiple times, causing numerous facial fractures and breaking his eye socket.
Peralta’s injuries required multiple surgeries, court documents show. A separate civil suit related to the incident is pending against Ensley.
