BOY, 17, HELD IN SLASHING AT HOTEL; MOM'S BOYFRIEND WOUNDED IN NECK.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer A 17-year-old boy was behind bars and his mother's boyfriend hospitalized in serious condition after the teen slit the man's throat in a hotel room argument, then tried to get deputies to shoot him, sheriff's officials said. The boy was sprayed with pepper spray when he lunged at deputies who found him hiding in bushes outside the Ramada ra·ma·da n. Southwestern U.S. 1. a. An open or semienclosed shelter roofed with brush or branches, designed especially to provide shade. b. An open porch or breezeway. 2. Inn, officials said. ``He cut his own throat and sliced his own arm trying to get us to shoot him,'' said Deputy Mark Machanic. ``He tried to come at us with a knife. We used a lot of restraint by not shooting him. We elected to try other means.'' Timothy Hutchinson, 38, of Palmdale was airlifted to Holy Cross Hospital Holy Cross Hospital may refer to: In the United Kingdom:
The boy, whose identity was not released because he is a minor, was treated at Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital before being booked at Sylmar Juvenile Hall on suspicion of attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. . The boy was on probation probation, method by which the punishment of a convicted offender is conditionally suspended. The offender must remain in the community and under the supervision of a probation officer, who is usually a court-appointed official. for a burglary burglary, at common law, the breaking and entering of a dwelling house of another at night with the intent to commit a felony, whether the intent is carried out or not. conviction and has a history of assault, officials said. The mother and son were sharing a room with the mother's boyfriend, whom the boy refers to as his father, officials said. The three had been staying at the hotel while waiting to move into a home in West Palmdale. The boy told deputies that his mother and her boyfriend had been arguing. He also said she had been assaulted by her boyfriend, though deputies said they found no evidence of that. ``He involved himself in the argument,'' said Sgt. John Hall. ``He said she didn't have to worry anymore about arguing with him (her boyfriend).'' During the argument, the boy pulled out a 3-1/2-inch lock blade knife and slashed slash v. slashed, slash·ing, slash·es v.tr. 1. To cut or form by cutting with forceful sweeping strokes: slash a path through the underbrush. 2. Hutchinson across the throat, leaving a cut 5 or 6 inches across and an inch deep, deputies said. Hutchinson struggled with the boy until a vein broke open, deputies said. ``You could see the father's wind pipe and see into his neck,'' said Machanic. ``He was messed up.'' |
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