Suspect charged with throwing object at automobile on 101 Freeway throughout immigration protest

LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A 42-year-old Los Angeles felon was charged Monday with throwing an object at a automobile on the 101 Freeway throughout an immigration protest, in line with the Los Angeles County District Lawyer’s Workplace.

Martin Richard Torres is charged with one felony depend every of throwing an object at a automobile or an occupant of a automobile with intent to do nice bodily damage and vandalism over $400 in defacement with graffiti, in line with the District Lawyer’s Workplace.

The prison grievance additionally alleges that he has beforehand been convicted of significant and/or violent felonies.

Torres is accused of throwing an object at a automobile at about 11 a.m. final Monday, and vandalizing a freeway signal close to Spring Road and the 101 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles, in line with prosecutors.

It was not instantly clear when he would seem in court docket for arraignment.

Torres was arrested Friday by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies and has remained behind bars since then, jail information present.

He may resist seven years and 4 months in state jail if convicted as charged, in line with the District Lawyer’s Workplace.

In a press release saying the fees, District Lawyer Nathan Hochman famous that “everybody has the appropriate to specific their views and have interaction in peaceable protest.”

“However when actions cross the road into prison conduct that endangers lives, my workplace won’t hesitate to prosecute to the fullest extent of the legislation,” the district lawyer mentioned. “Throwing objects onto a busy freeway will not be an act of protest. It’s a reckless and harmful crime that would significantly injure or kill harmless individuals. In the event you use a protest as a canopy for prison exercise, know this — you can be caught, you can be prosecuted and you can be held accountable.”