Unalaska, AK – Two crew members are being charged with assault in Unalaska after a fight with a crowbar onboard the fishing vessel Deep Pacific last week.

Nineteen-year-old Sione Pakalani has been charged with first-degree assault and 35-year-old Floyd Decker has been charged with third degree assault following the March 20 incident.

According to the criminal complaint filed in Unalaska's District Court, Decker got in an argument with Pakalani's cousin, who also worked on the Deep Pacific, in the ship's freezer hold. Decker was threatening the man with a crowbar when Pakalani jumped into the hold, took the crowbar from Decker and attacked him with it, according to the complaint.

Other crew members broke up the fight, in which Decker received several facial fractures and a shattered orbital bone, leaving him with a drooping right eye. Decker was medevaced to Anchorage following the fight, and Pakalani was transported to the Anchorage Jail on March 23.

Pakalani and his cousin were also cited for minor consumption of alcohol after they were found drinking in the UniSea Sports Bar following the fight, according to the complaint.