AZ Man robbed at Jack in the Box by illegal

Man in line at Jack in the Box robbed, beaten
By Francesco MoralesTribune
Mesa police arrested a man this weekend after he beat up a Jack in the Box customer and ran out the door with the victim's wallet. According to a police narrative, the assailant then hid in a small transient shack near the restaurant, where he changed clothes and hid the wallet inside a mattress.Police said the assailant, Jesus Alvarez-Martinez, then commandeered a bicycle and attempted to flee the scene. Police said Alvarez-Martinez first identified himself as Jesse Martinez, and court records list him as an illegal immigrant with a history of arrests.Martinez, 25, told police he was angry at the victim for driving too close to the sidewalk along Southern Avenue, and he followed the victim to the restaurant about 4 p.m. Saturday to confront him "at the right moment."The victim, who was not identified in court records, sustained redness and swelling on the right side of his head and forehead. The victim called police after seeing Martinez flee the scene on a bicycle, Mesa justice court records state.Police obtained a surveillance video from the Jack in the Box location that showed Martinez taking the wallet before beating the victim with his fists and knees, the records state.A records check showed a warrant from the U.S. Marshal's Office for Martinez on suspicion of illegal entry into the country.Martinez's prior arrests were on suspicion of probation violation, vehicle theft and a flight after a felony.Police found the wallet and all its contents, excluding $23 taken from it, inside the shack. The $23 was hidden in Martinez's socks, police said.