Man Accused Of Punching Two Women On LA Street Arrested
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A 30-year-old Sylmar man has surrendered to police on allegations he punched two women at a hot dog stand in downtown L.A. over the weekend, an attack which was caught on video.
Cell phone video of the attack. (LAPD)
Arka Sangbarani Oroojian turned himself in to Los Angeles police Tuesday night and was booked on charges of assault with a deadly weapon.
The assault took place at 6th and Spring Streets on the night of Saturday, Jan. 26. A large man was caught on video punching two women on a crowded sidewalk. Police described Oroojian as 6-foot-3 and weighing 270 pounds.
The video showed both women trying to get up after being punched, but the man hit each of them again, knocking them both to the ground, before running away.
The father of one of the women posted the video on Facebook, saying they two had been standing up for a street vendor the man was hassling. The video, posted to LAPD's twitter account, has been viewed more than 1.1 million times.
Oroojian was being held on $90,000 bail, police said.