Los Angeles: Los Angeles police detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying and capturing a man who allegedly punched a teenage girl several times in the face on Sunday, September 14, 2008, in South Los Angeles.
At around10:15 a.m., two young girls stood at the counter waiting to place an order at a McDonalds restaurant located at 7123 Crenshaw Boulevard. A man between 35-40 years of age walked up to the same counter and cut in front of them. The man confronted one of the girls who was standing in line first. A 16-year-old teenager who was a relative of the two girls, was standing about eight feet from the commotion and walked up to intervene. An argument erupted between the teen and the man. When the teen cursed at the man, he balled his fist and repeatedly punched the girl in the face, knocking her down to the floor. Afterwards, the suspect, accompanied by two young boys, left the restaurant and fled in a red Dodge pickup with no license plates.
The victim suffered a minor cut to her lip and bruises to her face. She was taken to a local hospital where she was treated and released.
The suspect is described as a male Black, 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing about 170 pounds. He was last seen wearing a tan hat, glasses, blue polo shirt, blue jeans and white shoes.
Anyone with information regarding this suspect or his whereabouts is asked to call 77th Division detectives at 213-473-4861. After-hours and on weekends, calls may be directed to the 24-hour, toll-free number at 1-877-LAW-FULL (529-3855) or by texting CRIMES (274637) and beginning the message with LAPD. Tipsters may also submit information on the LAPD website, www.lapdonline.org. Callers may remain anonymous.
I saw the tape, at least more then what is described here on this news release. Hard to tell if the young girl should have had her butt handed to her on a silver platter but by all accounts it does look like she let her mouth write a check her butt couldn't cover. It was McDonalds how much longer would her wait been if she just waited? But I bet the house that she started cursing up a storm and needed to show just how big and bad she was. Well I guess she'll think twice next time and let things go or at the very least learn a better way to get what she wants and or deserves. I would chalk it up to lesson learned.
Posted by: who knows | October 01, 2024 at 03:09 PM
Who knows, I agree with you.
Posted by: Ha ha | October 02, 2024 at 09:59 AM
who knows.....comments like yours makes me wonder if people still know right from wrong!!! Unbelievable!!
Regardless, he's a grown man, and I use that term lightly!! He just taught two little boys how to be a life long criminal and menace to society, keeping the cycle going!! Shame on him!!
Posted by: lapdowned | October 02, 2024 at 12:38 PM
No matter what she said, violence is not to be condoned. And what kind of man hits a young woman - a sizeable man with power in his punch. Do her words really deserve those blows?
Posted by: alicein1derland | October 02, 2024 at 02:47 PM
What a joke, simple misdemeanor crimes are making the blog. I am sure there has to be something more interesting happening in the city than this storm call. But would you expect anything different?
Posted by: ? | October 02, 2024 at 09:34 PM
Big dog eats little dog...
Posted by: Nik Nac Paty Wac | October 03, 2024 at 05:40 AM
Yeah, I stand by my comment. I have been witness to situations where people think that their big mouths will get them exactly what they want. I didn't say I stand by his behavior but, good for him. Kids now days need to learn lesson that aren't taught at home, parents depend on other people to raise thier kids...well!! My mom used the rod and did not spoil the child. I wasn't there did she deserve this? I don't know and neither do you. From past experience again don't let you mouth write a check that you butt can't cover. She walked up to that man all big and bad and then lost the fight. You nor I know what that man was going through. He put up his hand once as if to tell her to back off...did she NO. There have been many times when I would of loved to hall off and smack some kid who thinks that a foul mouth is the way to go. Obviously she is NO one that I would want me minor child around. Her mouth got her in trouble and she woke up the next morning a little bruised and battered. Next time I bet she lay dead somewhere because her mother forgot to teach her how to handle a situation just like this. If parents out there expect the villiage to raise their kids don't come knocking on my door when you don't like the lesson taught. And if I can point out...NOT one person went to help her. That alone tells me just how big her mouth is. Hopefully she learned the lesson but I doubt it. What kind of man hits a young woman...the kind that gets followed from room to room even after he has said leave me alone, back off, shut up. Oops I guess I've let the flood gates open with that comment. Oh well...I have never been hit by a man, not even my father. But then again I've never walked up to a strang man using foul language or Confrontational body language. So my last word on this is: again don't expect the village to raise your child and then not like the way it was done.
Posted by: who knows | October 03, 2024 at 10:55 AM
I pray that this man is caught and brought to justice.What kind of example are we showing our youth? He cut in front of her and where is the respect in that.We as adults are always teaching our kids to have respect for us and then we feel that we do not have to show any respect for them. He should not have cut in line!! I pray someone recognizes the children and turn him in!!
Posted by: Chaz | October 03, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Who Knows. I agree with the others your comment comes from someone who would do something like this and your mentality is pretty pathetic.
He's setting a fine example to those little boys (ahem)
Again. He has no right barging in line and he has no right assaulting people.
She's a young teenage girl and if anybody should know how to walk away from a fight at this point in their life it should be the grown adult male or adult male with the maturity of a ten year old.
Posted by: lucy | October 03, 2024 at 04:34 PM
who knows.....I for one have never asked any village to raise my 3 children. I don't know you!
I'm glad to hear you condone criminal behaviour. Go you!!
Oh yes dear, that was a CRIME!!! If it wasn't there would be no need for this post. She could have called him every name in the book....DOES NOT MATTER!!! PERIOD!
And I pray you don't have children. Where does one draw the line as far as a disrepectful mouth from a child? Oh yes, it'll be very subjective and some animal like this will punch your 14 year old daughter for rolling her eyes or calling him an old man. All I can do is shake my head at you.
And no, I do not tolerate disrespectful children, but I'm a mature adult who knows right from wrong and I know that punching someone is not the correct way to go about handling something like that. The point you completely missed!!!
Posted by: lapdowned | October 06, 2024 at 04:59 PM
...If you read her lips you can hear her ordering a "McKnockmeout."
or is it a "McFlurryofpunchestothemouth"?
Posted by: chonchers | October 06, 2024 at 06:09 PM
There was a theory in criminology called "victim precipitated crime", in other words: the victim's actions largely contributed to their own victimization. For example: walking down skid row counting a wad of one hundred dollar bills after hitting an ATM.
I think this crime was clearly brought on by the victim. It doesn't excuse the crime, if caught, the man should be arrested and put on trial for simple battery, depending upon the injury to the victim. One wonders what made him go off on her like that: maybe she said something about his kids? At least the suspect and victim were both the same race, otherwise I am sure this incident would have been inflamed into something it wasn't.
Posted by: Curtis Lemansky | October 07, 2024 at 05:56 AM
This is so disturbing any of you would justify a grown man hitting her. She's suppose to show him respect when he clearly disrespected the entire line? This could go on and on. I just hope none of you with this mentality decide to have kids and "who knows" yes you missed the point.
Posted by: lucy | October 07, 2024 at 05:14 PM
Words so inflammatory that the mere utterence would cause an ordinary and prudent person to react with physical force! It's a City Attorney reject! Let's move on people!
Posted by: smart 1 | October 08, 2024 at 06:25 AM
It is amazing that all of you seem to see this as a young innocent non threating person. Well you fill in the blanks your way and I will fill in the blanks my way. I don NOT see this person as a young child innocent and not in control of her emotions or actions. I see this person as a threat! A person capable of pulling a gun and yelling at this man how she would use it on him or his kids. Her body language does not say I'm defending myself it says I'll take you down and your kids too. I stand by my statement and allow you yours. I see this as a threat and her words and body language as a line of defense. She wants to mouth off and curse and tell someone what she's going to do and how she's going to do it, fine just be ready to back all that up. He got the best of her and her. If this was my neighbor would I turn him in? Probably NOT if he happens to get caught should he be punished depending on what she said, yeah. But like I said you see this an an innocent child I see a woman who said she had a gun and friends and could get then there in a few seconds and he would have a bullet in him head. So you read it the way you want and I'll read it the way I want. And that's the end of this one for me.
Posted by: who knows | October 08, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Victim perpetuated crime? Like all rapes? I guess most people here will never be nor ever be related to a police officer. When I have seen someone doing something wrong I have always spoken up. This is why idiots who do not speak up have their neighborhoods marked with grafitti. Good thing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was not bowed when he stood up for what was right, much like someone cutting in line, and was beaten, and thrown in jail. Then again, none of those milquetoasts will ever have children close to having a sense of right and wrong. Idiots like them deserve what they get. Why stand up for what is right and defend the weak? Because one day that will be you.
Posted by: ! | October 08, 2024 at 03:03 PM
Theres several ways to look at this. First of all If was the cashier I wouldn't have served the man. I would have POLITELY told him he needs to go to the back of the line and wait like everyone else,if that didn't work I would have called the manager over and then who knows how it would have transpired but I'm sure this would have been avoided.
The guy SHOULD have known how to walk away from a fight at his age but considering his maturity level and sense of entitlement thats out the window.
Theres STILL no excuse to handling problems like that. The girl is young and a gangsterish (sorry thats not a word) She also hasn't had enough of life to know the old lesson most people learn "Choose your battles wisely" Theres just some things that aren't worth it, and even if you do speak up it's not worth getting that upset about if he ignores you,say it once and let it go. But AGAIN if I was the manager or cashier he wouldn't have been served until he got in the back of the line.
Posted by: Mary | October 12, 2024 at 09:36 AM
"What kind of example are we showing our youth?"
The whole thing reeks of the ghetto mentality. I'm sure her mother is equally as loud and obnoxious.
Posted by: Jack Vincenze | October 14, 2024 at 12:39 PM