RESEDA : Teen-Ager Charged in Attack on Neighbor, 74
Los Angeles County prosecutors on Tuesday filed three felony charges, including attempted premeditated murder, against a Reseda teen-ager accused of attacking his 74-year-old neighbor, and Deputy Dist. Atty. William Ryder said he will seek to try the boy as an adult.
The 17-year-old boy, whose name is being withheld by authorities because of his age, was scheduled to be arraigned today in Sylmar Juvenile Court. He was also charged with one count each of residential robbery and residential burglary for the Dec. 29 assault against Edith Rose, who was beaten, repeatedly stabbed, handcuffed to a drain pipe and finally abandoned after she pleaded with her attacker to let her die in peace.
Rose remained hospitalized Tuesday while her alleged attacker, arrested within hours of the crime, was being held without bail at Sylmar Juvenile Hall.
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