Crime & Safety
Suspected 'Snare Drum' Assailant to Be Arraigned
According to a release from the Los Angeles District Attorney's office, Brian Mendoza is set to be arraigned on felony and misdemeanor assault charges.
Here is the text of a press release filed Friday morning by the District Attorney's office:
Prosecutors today filed assault charges against a 23-year-old transient suspected of hitting a female LAPD officer on the back of the head with a drum during a May Day demonstration.
Brian German Mendoza, (dob 3-10-89), is scheduled to be arraigned after 1:30 p.m. in Department 30 of the Foltz Criminal Justice Center.
Deputy District Attorney Frances Young with the Crimes Against Peace Officers Section said Mendoza is charged with assault on a peace officer and assault on a public official, both felonies, and a misdemeanor assault on a peace officer and misdemeanor battery with injury to a peace officer. Prosecutors will ask bail be set at $130,000.
Mendoza allegedly struck the officer on the head from behind after she passed by him on Tuesday afternoon. Young said the officer sustained a concussion. The attack was caught on videotape.
If convicted of all counts, he faces up to nine years in state prison.
See earlier coverage of May Day and its fallout:
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