Valencia Man Arrested in Attack on Deputy

A Valencia man who says he was once a Golden Gloves amateur boxing champion knocked out a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy with one punch early Tuesday and was arrested after four deputies wrestled him to the ground, a sheriff’s spokesman said.

Two sheriff’s deputies responded to a 1:45 a.m. call of a possibly armed man creating a disturbance at a home in the 24400 block of Vista Ridge Drive in Valencia. They were confronted by Frank Kucera, 45, a resident of the house, Deputy Roger Hom said.

While deputies searched his outer clothing for a weapon, the 6-foot, 2-inch, 230-pound Kucera punched Deputy George Guevara, 32, in the face and knocked him out, Hom said. Deputy John Bomben knocked Kucera to the ground and was still wrestling with him when three other deputies showed up to help.

During the struggle, Kucera and Deputies Michael Reddy and John Prentice received minor injuries.

The deputies were treated and released at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Valencia. Kucera was treated at the hospital and transferred to the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center jail ward. He was held there on suspicion of felony assault on a police officer. Bail was set at $3,000.