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Date: October 16, 2024
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Thirty-nine Additional UCI Protestors Charged for Failing to Disperse After Police Deemed Campus Protest an Unlawful Assembly
Ten protestors charged last month with failing to disperse are scheduled to be arraigned today; prosecutors also charged a woman for resisting arrest, committing vandalism in related incident on the UCI Campus
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Thirty-nine additional protestors have been charged for failing to disperse after a University of California, Irvine police deemed a May 15, 2024, protest on the school’s campus to be an unlawful assembly and ordered the hundreds of protestors to leave. Ten protestors who were charged in September for also failing to disperse from the May 15, 2024 UCI protest are scheduled to be arraigned today. In addition, a protestor was charged with vandalism and resisting arrest in connection with the protest.
The defendants charged are:
Arraignment date of November 13, 2024
Manda Zhu, 20, of Irvine Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Annika Vinekar, 19, Trabuco Canyon Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Savannah Plaskon, 24, Irvine Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Salma Nasoorden, 25, Anaheim Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Alex Kim, 20, Palmdale Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Ashley Hormaza, 25, Anaheim Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Hassan Yasmeen Monther, 24, Fountain Valley Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Callista Gill, 22, Brea Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Zayd Aweinat, 20, Pomona Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Arveen Alaeddini, 19, Moreland Hills, OH Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Arraignment date of November 20, 2024
Jemin Yoo, 19, Eastvale Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Johansen Pico, 28, Irvine Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Gloryann Mendoza, 36, Downey Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Theodoros Kapogianis, 34, Irvine Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Lubna Hammad, 49, Aliso Viejo Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Andrew De La Cruz-Caccam, 20, Irvine Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Yartiza Cortez, 31, Moreno Valley Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Malik Alrefai, 24, Irvine Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Mohammad Alamour, 22, Laguna Hills Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Nikita Yu, 25, Irvine Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Arraignment date of December 5, 2024
Shanice Hyler, 26, Irvine Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 148 – resisting arrest and one misdemeanor count of vandalism
Jaelynn Valez, 21, Fontana Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Julie Nguyen, 22, Irvine Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Zain Mahmood 20, Irvine Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Faran Kharal, 32, Rancho Cucamonga Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Jacob Hernandez, 32, Costa Mesa Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Omar Habbak, 28, Pomona Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Mark Gradoni, 36, Costa Mesa Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Amy Gilmore, 29, Irvine Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Clark Do, 19, Corona Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Arraignment date of December 11, 2024
Omar Zegar, 36, Irvine Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot and one misdemeanor count of PC 148 – resisting arrest
Hani Habbas, 37, San Juan Capistrano Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Hasna Aini, 21, Irvine Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Camryn Robinson, 20, Irvine Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Caroline Mooney, 27, Long Beach Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Donavion Huskey, 37, Irvine Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Kayla Grassbaugh Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Daniela Fernandez 21, Perris Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Tariq Assfour, 26, Orange Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Ahmad Alamour, 19, Laguna Hills Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
The defendants scheduled to be arraigned today are:
Michael Chang, 29, of Irvine Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Jonathan Brook Haley, 51, of Oceanside Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Tiffany Willoughby Herard, 50 of Irvine Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot, one misdemeanor count of PC 69 – resisting a peace officer with the threat of violence, and one misdemeanor count of PC 148 – resisting arrest
Fantana Zadran, 39, of Irvine Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Rami Anabtawi, 40, of Silverado Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Miriam Castro, 27, of Irvine Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Kevyn Garcia, 24, of Upland Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Adel Shaker Hijazi, 40, of Irvine Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
Angie Belen Monreal, 27, of Garden Grove Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot and one misdemeanor count of PC 148 – resisting arrest
Marah Quran, 20, of Irvine Charged with one misdemeanor count of PC 409 – failure to disperse at scene of riot
All 50 charged defendants were sent an arraignment letter with orders to appear at the Central Justice Center on to be arraigned on their respective charges. The charged defendants include two UCI professors, a UCI teaching assistant and 26 UCI students.
“The right to peaceful assembly is a constitutional right and we encourage protestors to exercise their right to peaceful assembly on any issue,” said Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer. “However, criminal activity which transcends peaceful assembly will not be tolerated. As such, the Orange County District Attorney’s Special Prosecutions Unit has spent months reviewing evidence to determine what, if any, crimes were committed by protestors at UCI following the lawful dispersal order issued by UCI police. Accordingly, we have filed criminal charges against 49 individuals who failed to disperse from the May 15, 2024, protest and another individual who committed vandalism and resisted arrest in a related incident on the UCI campus.”
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