Five juveniles have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in the beating of three Marines by a large group of youths on a Southern California pier, authorities said.
charges, four are boys, one is a girl. they were booked into juvenile hall but say due to the huge crowd that was involved, this investigation is not over. the city s mayor also tells us he hopes this whole ordeal is a wake-up call for other young people. sandra. sandra: all right, jeff paul on that, thank you very much. john. john: bring in sergeant mike woodruff of the orange county, california sheriff s department. good of you to be with us this afternoon. so update us where the investigation stands as we know now nine people have been arrested, five of them charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon, four of them are males, one female, the other four have been charged with something else, and they are minors as i believe. but there were a lot more people than just nine who were involved here. where does this investigation stand? thank you, john. so, currently there is actually five juveniles that have been booked for felony assault with a deadly weapon. there must have
a military town, right near camp pendleton, it was memorial day, these were marines who were enjoying a little bit of time away from the base, and this happens to them. can we be assured there will be consequences for the perpetrators involved here? well, from a law enforcement perspective, we have done our part. we have sought out the probable cause that led to the arrest of these five individuals plus more likely more to come. but now it will be in the district attorney s hands and we are strongly confident they will see there through for justice. we actually asked for the district attorney to come on today as well, they deferred, but hopefully we ll see if they can come on in the future. sergeant mike woodruff of the orange county sheriff s department, thanks so much, check back with you on this. thank you, john. sandra: we are waiting white house press briefing any moment now we anticipate some big
Five juveniles have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in the beating of three Marines by a large group of youths on a Southern California pier, authorities said.
[bleep] [bleep] [bleep] sandra: that was the horrific scene that played out on a california beach over memorial weekend. nine of the teenagers shown in the video were arrested for the brutal beatdown of the three marines who called them out for their activities on the beach, complete coverage now, sergeant mike woodruff of the orange county sheriff s department moments away with the latest on the investigation. but jeff paul in the los angeles bureau, a story so many people are watching. what do we know led to the arrests. one of the biggest factors was the video itself, it circulated all over, not only here on fox news but shared heavily on social media. shortly after it started making the rounds the mayor got in touch with us last night telling us about the arrests. and we should warn you, the video that helped investigators is not easy to watch. [bleep]