West Hollywood Woman Honored For Helping Stabbing Victim

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA — Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey honored a West Hollywood woman and three others with Courageous Citizen Awards Wednesday for intervening to stop violent crimes and then helping prosecutors by agreeing to provide crucial eyewitness testimony in court.

The four honorees included a woman who helped a man who was stabbed outside her home in West Hollywood; two drivers who helped a bicyclist knocked to the ground and threatened by a man wielding two long sticks in South Los Angeles; and a limousine driver who stopped a man from kidnapping a 19-year-old in Pasadena, the L.A. County District Attorney's Office news release said.

"The four individuals being honored today cast aside fear and risked their own personal safety to help victims of violent crime," District Attorney Lacey said. "Justice prevailed because they stood up for victims who were vulnerable and then agreed to provide essential eyewitness testimony in court."

Sabrina O'Hara, 42, heard a man screaming outside of her West Hollywood home on Nov. 7, 2018, and went outside to help him. The man had a large gash on his palm and blood on his arm, the news release said, "when she saw the assailant across the street threatening to stab the man again." O'Hara told the man to go away while she called 911.

"While she was on the phone, the man threatened to kill her and then fled," the L.A. County District Attorney's Office said. "Despite the threat, Ms. O'Hara continued to help the victim."

Authorities found the suspect nearby and O'Hara identified him. She later testified in court, and the defendant was convicted on June 17, 2019, of one felony count each of criminal threats and carrying a dirk or dagger, the news release said.

He was sentenced on June 24, 2019, to six years in state prison. The case was investigated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.