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Videos Of Rose Bowl Riot, Formal Charges Filed
Photo by Alberto Cueto via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr
Photo by Alberto Cueto via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr
Multiple charges have been brought by L.A. prosecutors against two men arrested Saturday in the Rose Bowl parking lot brawl before the USC-UCLA football game.
"Joshua Elder, 24, and Steven Michael Radu, 27, were charged with one count each of resisting arrest. According to prosecutors, Elder is also accused of exhibiting a deadly weapon and Radu is charged with trying to free Elder from police custody," reports the LA Times.
The near riot involving 50-75 people, started around 4:30 p.m. in parking Lot 1 where tailgaters had been drinking since 6:30 a.m. Two officers suffered minor injuries, one man was stabbed in the back and another man is healing from a face injury that left a knife tip embedding in his cheekbone.
According to witnesses the fight broke out after a runaway football from one group of partiers accidentally hit a black Mercedes-Benz belonging to a different group of fans.
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