Costs have been filed in opposition to two teenagers who had been arrested after surveillance cameras recorded a bunch of boys on e-bikes attacking a person close to the Hermosa Seaside Pier till he was knocked unconscious, police mentioned.
Hermosa Seaside Police Chief Landon Phillips introduced that the L.A. County district legal professional had filed prices throughout a presentation at Tuesday night time’s Hermosa Seaside Metropolis Council assembly. He mentioned he couldn’t present particulars on the costs because the suspects are juveniles.
The 2 teenagers had been arrested on suspicion of felony assault on Nov. 26 and spent Thanksgiving inside Los Padrinos Juvenile Corridor, he mentioned. They’re accused of being the first assailants within the Nov. 21 assault on a 57-year-old resident in an alleyway close to the pier.
The Police Division has recognized 5 boys from 13 to fifteen years outdated who had been concerned within the incident, which stays beneath investigation, Phillips mentioned.
As soon as all interviews are accomplished, the division will current the case to the district legal professional’s workplace to find out whether or not extra prison prices ought to be filed in opposition to anybody else, he mentioned.
An e-bike rider navigates Pier Plaza close to the Strand in Hermosa Seaside on Friday close to the positioning of the Nov. 21 assault.
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College students at Manhattan Seaside Center College had been concerned within the incident, the varsity’s principal, Matthew Horvath, confirmed.
The sufferer, who was transported to a hospital for therapy, is constant to get better from his accidents, Phillips mentioned.
“We need to thank our residents and our companies for serving to to supply the video, which was instrumental in getting as a lot data on this case as we may,” Phillips mentioned. “We additionally need to thank the varsity officers which have assisted in figuring out the juveniles.”
The surveillance digital camera recording of the assault despatched shock waves via the prosperous and tight-knit coastal group, with many residents demanding penalties for the teenagers’ habits. The video exhibits the teenagers shoving the person to the bottom and repeatedly punching him and kicking him within the head.
“One factor we would like our group to know is that our detectives made this a prime precedence,” Phillips mentioned. “Our detectives had different operations deliberate; all of that was canceled so we may focus all of our time on this investigation, and it yielded some optimistic outcomes.”
The assault ignited simmering group tensions over unhealthy habits — reminiscent of vandalism, harassment and rushing — linked to youngsters on e-bikes. The town of Hermosa Seaside enacted an emergency ordinance in June 2024 that set new guidelines for juvenile e-bikers and gave police the authority to impound the bikes of unsafe riders.
Phillips mentioned the division was rising its presence and e-bike enforcement efforts within the downtown Hermosa and Strand areas within the aftermath of the assault.
