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   PHOENIX – A young man who was arrested last week in connection with   
   an assault in Gilbert is also facing charges for an attack in Mesa,   
   authorities said Wednesday.   
      
   Christopher Fantastic, 18, who is already behind bars, has been   
   implicated in an assault from May 29, 2023, the Mesa Police   
   Department said.   
      
   Officers responded to a fight involving 30-40 youths in the area of   
   Val Vista Drive and Pueblo Avenue, between Broadway Road and   
   Southern Avenue, police said. People scattered and nobody was   
   arrested at the time.   
      
   But on Jan. 4, after news of multiple violent East Valley attacks   
   attributed to a gang known as the Gilbert Goons came to light, a man   
   reported to police that his stepson had been assaulted during the   
   brawl.   
      
   Investigators used witness accounts and video evidence to connect a   
   17-year-old and Fantastic to the attack.   
      
   The minor, whose name was not released because of his age, was taken   
   into custody last Thursday.   
      
   What are the charges against Christopher Fantastic in Mesa and   
   Gilbert?   
   Fantastic was booked for aggravated assault on Tuesday, according to   
   Mesa Police. He already was in custody for his alleged role in an   
   Aug. 18, 2023, assault outside a Gilbert In-N-Out Burger.   
      
   Fantastic is one of five people, including two minors, facing   
   charges in the Gilbert attack. He was booked last week on one count   
   each of assault with intent to injure and aggravated robbery.   
      
   During Fantastic’s initial court appearance in the Gilbert case last   
   Wednesday, a prosecutor implied he was part of a group involved in   
   multiple attacks without specifically mentioning the Gilbert Goons.   
      
   Where does the investigation into Preston Lord’s death stand?   
   Media reports and social media accounts have linked the Goons to   
   last year’s fatal assault on Queen Creek high school student Preston   
   Lord. Lord, 16, was attacked outside a Halloween party on Oct. 28   
   and died of his injuries in a hospital two days later.   
      
   The Queen Creek Police Department submitted charges to the Maricopa   
   County Attorney’s Office against seven suspects in the Lord case on   
   Dec. 28, 2023, but no arrests have been made.   
      
   Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell has indicated that sorting   
   through the submission — which included an 1,800-page report and   
   about 2,000 pieces of evidence, including 600 videos – will be a   
   lengthy process.   
      
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