Assaults Los Angeles

The second MTA bus driver to come under attack in four days was stabbed while on the job in Inglewood on Tuesday. The female driver, whose name was not released, was on a break at the corner of La Brea Avenue and Kelso Street, when a passenger boarded the bus about 1 a.m. and stabbed her in the arm and the thigh, said Sgt. R. McKoy of the Transit Services Bureau. The victim was treated at Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital and released.

Producer-director James Orr was convicted Tuesday of a misdemeanor charge in the beating of his ex-girlfriend, actress Farrah Fawcett, during a fight at his mansion near Bel-Air. Orr, 44, was acquitted of a second misdemeanor charge stemming from an Aug. 28, 1997, fracas. But he was convicted for kicking Fawcett and slamming her head on the pavement of his driveway during a fight on Jan. 28 of this year. He could face up to a year in jail and a $6,000 fine when he is sentenced Oct. 6.

An MTA bus driver sued former child television star Gary Coleman for $1 million Monday, charging that he attacked her after the two exchanged words when she asked him to redo an autograph he had given her. Tracy Fields was at the California Uniform Shop in Hawthorne last Thursday when she recognized the 4-foot-8-inch former "Diff'rent Strokes" star, who now works as a security guard and reportedly was in the store to buy a bulletproof vest. Fields asked for his autograph and got it.

A man suspected of hijacking a Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus and raping the bus driver in San Pedro last week was arrested Thursday morning, police said. Andre Lamont Woods, 19, was arrested at his Los Angeles home at 6 a.m., said Los Angeles police Officer Don Cox. Woods was booked at police headquarters downtown and is being held on $400,000 bail. His arraignment is scheduled for Monday.

A Canoga Park woman was arraigned Thursday on four counts of misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon--a pit bull. Authorities said Jacquelyn Kay Scott, 42, didn't appreciate it when neighbors tried to break up a loud argument she was having, so she set her dog on them. "She opened the door to her motor home and ordered a pit bull-looking dog to 'sic 'em' as she points to the victims," said Rick Schmidt, head deputy city attorney in Van Nuys.

A Canoga Park woman was arraigned Thursday on four counts of misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon--a pit bull. Authorities say Jacquelyn Kay Scott, 42, didn't appreciate it when neighbors tried to break up a loud argument she was having, so she set her dog on them. "She opened the door to her motor home and ordered a pit bull-looking dog to 'sic 'em' as she points to the victims," said Rick Schmidt, head deputy city attorney in Van Nuys.

A federal judge denied bail Thursday for the owner of a Hollywood Boulevard check-cashing establishment accused of brutally beating a customer to recover what he claimed was a $15,000 debt. U.S. District Court Judge Dean Pregerson agreed with a federal magistrate's earlier ruling that Norik Satamian, 47, posed a threat to the community. Satamian, owner of A & H Satamian, was indicted along with his son, Armen, 25, and son-in-law, Karen Tony Manukian, 26, last month on federal extortion charges.

Los Angeles police said Friday they will seek charges against a South African consul who allegedly fought with his wife, then claimed diplomatic immunity when questioned by officers. Detectives expect to present a case to the district attorney's office Monday to determine whether to charge Mpendulo Kumalo, a member of Los Angeles' large but little-known diplomatic community, with felony spousal assault, police said.

For the last few days, I have been following the Farrah Fawcett head case. I want to find out if it's true that a guy slammed Farrah's head onto a driveway, and, if so, why, because I would really have no respect for a guy who would slam Farrah's head onto a driveway. Like a lot of boys, I once had Farrah's famous pinup poster on the wall of my bedroom. I took it down, of course, when I was, oh, 35.

Los Angeles police used tear gas to force the surrender of a security guard who had allegedly fired shots, taken his family hostage and barricaded himself and his family inside his apartment early Friday. The incident started at 12:40 a.m. as a dispute between neighbors at an apartment building in the 21200 block of Roscoe Boulevard, police said. At some point during the argument, Charlie Rabaja, 44, fired a gun into the ground, police said. When police arrived on the scene at about 1:55 a.m.