ROAD-RAGE SUSPECT ARRESTED.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Staff Writer GORMAN - A Pasadena man was arrested Friday on charges of attacking a man with a hammer in Verb 1. hammer in - teach by drills and repetition beat in, drill in, ram down drill - teach by repetition a McDonald's parking lot after an incident while driving along the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. . Simon Zmrukhtyan, 40, is being held in lieu of $1 million bail 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. following the 4 p.m. incident in the parking lot in Gorman. ``We've had our share of road-rage incidents but this is definitely one of the more usual ones,'' said Detective Victor Lewandowski of the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. sheriff's station. ``It's a road rage See Web rage. with no basis for road rage.'' Officials said Zmrukhtyan accused a 52-year-old motorcyclist from Ventura County of swiping his car while driving along the Golden State Freeway. Zmrukhtyan then reportedly followed him to the restaurant. ``The suspect hits the victim several times in the head,'' Lewandowski said. ``The victim was knocked from his bike. He was using enough force to crack the surface on the helmet.'' The two then began to struggle for the hammer and the suspect began choking the victim while on the ground, police said. ``The victim feels that if it wasn't for his helmet he would be dead,'' Lewandowski said. Witnesses called 911 and deputies found the two struggling in the parking lot, police said. A check of the suspect's car found no damage had occurred. Zmrukhtyan, who was driving a rented Geo, was returning home after a visit to Bakersfield. He had two children in the vehicle with him who have been released to family members. The victim suffered a bloody nose, numerous scratches, and soft-tissue bruising bruising discoloration and actual hemorrhage at the site of injury, and a serious disadvantage in the meat trade. In the first 12 hours after injury the bruise is bright red, at 24 hours it is dark red, at 24 to 36 hours it loses its firm consistency and becomes watery and at 3 or . |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion