{"id":127938,"date":"2019-04-07T18:03:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T22:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=127938"},"modified":"2019-04-07T18:03:04","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T22:03:04","slug":"man-charged-in-series-of-bloody-slashing-attacks-that-left-victims-disfigured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/man-charged-in-series-of-bloody-slashing-attacks-that-left-victims-disfigured\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged in series of bloody slashing attacks that left victims disfigured"},"content":{"rendered":"
LOS ANGELES — A 19-year-old man was charged with slashing the faces of nine people in a series of random knife attacks in recent weeks.<\/p>\n
Lenrey Briones, 19, faces seven counts of aggravated mayhem, two counts of attempted aggravated mayhem and one count of attempted second-degree robbery, all felonies. The charges include allegations that he personally used a deadly and dangerous weapon, a knife, and that he had a prior felony conviction.<\/p>\n
Briones is accused of cutting the faces of nine people, including men, women and a 13-year-old boy, between March 20 and April 1 as he rode his bike in South Los Angeles, South Gate and Lynwood. The injuries allegedly caused permanent disfigurement to seven of the victims, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n
In one instance, he also tried to take a victim\u2019s purse, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n
Briones was convicted in September 2018 of attempted arson.<\/p>\n
He faces a possible maximum sentence of life in state prison if convicted as charged. Prosecutors are recommending bail be set at $9 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LOS ANGELES — A 19-year-old man was charged with slashing the faces of nine people in a series of random knife attacks in recent weeks. Lenrey Briones, 19, faces seven counts of aggravated mayhem, two counts of attempted aggravated mayhem and one count of attempted second-degree robbery, all felonies. The charges include allegations that he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5409,"featured_media":127939,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1,54],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n