LOCAL : Buena Park Pair Seized in Attack on Woman Seeking Help in Car Trouble

A Buena Park man and his girlfriend have been arrested in connection with the attempted murder and attempted rape of a 26-year-old Orange woman, the Buena Park Police Department reported today.

Officer Richard McMillen, spokesman for the department, said the victim, who was not identified, had car trouble while driving in Garden Grove about 4 p.m. Thursday. McMillen said a man approached the woman and offered her help. She rode with him in his car to his residence in the 5700 block of Fullerton Street in Buena Park, and the man tried to rape the woman inside the house, McMillen said.

“When she fought back, (the suspect) stabbed, cut and hit her several times,” McMillen said. He said the suspect’s girlfriend was in the house at the time.

The woman managed to flee when the couple put her in a car, saying they were taking her back to Garden Grove, McMillen said.

McMillen said the couple were arrested at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at their Buena Park residence. Daniel L. Hozno, 24, was booked on suspicion of attempted rape and attempted murder, and Constance E. Bloom, 22, identified as his girlfriend, was booked on suspicion of attempted murder.