Woman Left With 'Significant Facial Injuries' In Bloody Palos Verdes Assault: PVEPD

PALOS VERDES, CA — A man has been arrested after a bloody assault on a woman in Palos Verdes that left her with "significant facial injuries," according to police.

Inglewood resident Alberto Jose Cruz Perez is suspected of assaulting a woman on Tuesday around 2:30 p.m. in the 3900 block of Palos Verdes Drive North, according to the Palos Verdes Estates Police Department.

Witnesses reported seeing Perez trying to force the woman who was bleeding from her face into the passenger side of a vehicle and hearing her scream for help, according to authorities.

By the time officers arrived, Perez had driven off and left the injured woman behind, police said.

Perez's car, police said, was later found in the 4000 block of Via Nivel, and witnesses reported seeing him running eastbound. An alert was then issued by police advising community members that they were looking for an assault suspect and to report any suspicious activity.

With the help of a bloodhound team and aerial drone support from the Torrance Police Department, officers located Perez in a backyard and took him into custody on suspicion of wilfully inflicting corporal injury resulting in a traumatic condition, resisting or obstructing arrest and loitering with the intent to commit a crime, according to authorities.

Police did not say whether the injured woman was taken to a local hospital for treatment or what her condition is. Police say Perez and the woman are known to each other and that the assault was not a random act of violence.

"There is no indication that the incident posed a threat to the general public," the PVEPD told Patch.

The incident remains under investigation, and police ask anyone with information to contact the department at 310-378-4211.