A person has been charged with tried homicide in an assault at a Pasadena Metro station final week wherein a girl was punched and her head was pounded towards the station platform earlier than she was dragged over a freeway divider and into site visitors lanes, authorities stated.
Juan Pablo Flores, 33, was arrested Wednesday round 5:45 a.m., shortly after the brutal, unprovoked assault occurred on the Allen Metro station, the L.A. County district lawyer’s workplace stated Monday. The sufferer was thrown onto the practice tracks and wound up within the carpool lane of the adjoining 210 Freeway. She was transported to a hospital and was stated to be in steady situation Thursday.
Flores is charged with tried homicide and mayhem and is being held in lieu of $2 million bail. He may face a life sentence if convicted.
“Our ideas are with the sufferer and her family members as she begins her journey towards restoration following this horrific assault,” stated Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón. “Nobody ought to must endure such brutality, and everybody deserves to go about their day with out worry for his or her security. We is not going to tolerate violence on our transit system and can proceed holding these accountable totally accountable for his or her actions.”
Flores is scheduled to seem for arraignment Tuesday in Pasadena.
