1 HURT, 1 ARRESTED IN FIGHT AT PARTY.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer QUARTZ HILL - A 17-year-old Quartz Hill boy was in critical condition Friday after being stabbed when a brawl brawl n. 1. A noisy quarrel or fight. 2. A loud party. 3. A loud, roaring noise. intr.v. brawled, brawl·ing, brawls 1. To quarrel or fight noisily. 2. broke among dozens of teen-agers and young adults outside a graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. party. Joel Renteria, 19, of Lancaster was jailed on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. as a result of the stabbing stab v. stabbed, stab·bing, stabs v.tr. 1. To pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon. 2. To plunge (a pointed weapon or instrument) into something. 3. , which occurred Thursday night in front of a house in the 42400 block of 62nd Street West. ``It was a bad situation that just got worse,'' said Deputy Mark Round of the Lancaster sheriff's station. ``This just shows how quickly a celebration can be ruined by some individuals who don't use their heads.'' The fight began when a group of party crashers showed up for a graduation party Thursday night. The teen-age host wouldn't allow them in, and the crashers walked to a home across the street. Several partygoers followed them across the street, and a fight broke out, deputies said. A 17-year-old partygoer was stabbed in the abdomen abdomen, in humans and other vertebrates, portion of the trunk between the diaphragm and lower pelvis. In humans the wall of the abdomen is a muscular structure covered by fascia, fat, and skin. , and the stabber ran off, deputies said. Deputies did not make public the teen's name. Two 14-year-old boys were struck by people swinging baseball bats. They were not seriously injured The casualty status of a person whose injury may or may not require hospitalization; medical authority does not classify as very seriously injured, seriously injured, or incapacitating illness or injury; and the person can communicate with the next of kin. Also called NSI. See also casualty status. , deputies said. When deputies arrived, they found between 70 and 100 teens arguing in the street and nearby yards and estimated 20 to 30 had baseball bats. Renteria, identified as one of the party crashers, was arrested after jumping a fence into the back yard of a nearby home and banging on the back door asking for help. When a neighbor heard the commotion, he called Renteria over and took him into his home, where they called deputies. Renteria told the man that he had been involved in a fight and that a group of people were chasing him, deputies said. Renteria later told deputies that his sister had been attacked by a group of men and that he had rushed into the group swinging the knife. He added that he had not intended to stab anyone but was only using it for protection, deputies said. Renteria was being held at the Lancaster sheriff's station jail in lieu of Instead of; in place of; in substitution of. It does not mean in addition to. $30,000 bail. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (ran in AV edition only) Joel Renteria, 19, sits in the back of a sheriff's patrol car following his arrest outside a graduation party Thursday night. |
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