Two men arrested in separate Brown County cases this month face serious criminal charges and have federal immigration detainers, according to court and jail records.
Cayetano Cruz-Mirandan, 30, of Green Bay, was arrested April 15 with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service Eastern Wisconsin Violent Offender Task Force. He is charged with burglary, stalking, and criminal damage to property.
Green Bay police said the investigation began after an April 11 incident in which Cruz-Mirandan allegedly burglarized a woman’s residence while she was out and committed lewd acts involving her personal property. Investigators believe he may have been stalking the victim before the break-in. Police ask anyone with information or who believes they may be a victim to contact authorities.
Cruz-Mirandan appeared in court on April 17, where bond was set at $150,000 cash, according to court records.
In the second case, David Joel Mairena-Garcia, 29, a Nicaraguan national, was arrested after a traffic stop on April 20, following police use of Flock cameras to track him. He faces six counts, including two for attempted first-degree intentional homicide.
According to a criminal complaint, Mairena-Garcia used a key to enter his ex-girlfriend’s home on Edgewood Drive in Green Bay on April 20. He allegedly attacked a 23-year-old man with a machete, striking him in the shoulder, forearm, and shin, then assaulted the 26-year-old woman, causing lacerations to her hand and neck and a head injury. Both victims were hospitalized.
The woman told police Mairena-Garcia had made several death threats to her by text and in person. After the attack, the male victim ran outside, and Mairena-Garcia chased him with the machete before fleeing in a vehicle, according to the complaint. Mairena-Garcia later told police he “lost his mind” and “blacked out” from rage after seeing the woman with another man, and that he had been “just wanting to kill them.” He directed officers to where he discarded the machete, which was recovered.
Mairena-Garcia and the female victim have a child together, according to the complaint. Bond was set at $750,000 cash. He is scheduled to return to court on May 19.
Brown County Jail records show federal immigration detainers were placed on both men. Mairena-Garcia also has a prior criminal history in Wisconsin, including three convictions for operating without a valid license and a pending hit-and-run case.
