Student charged with assault with deadly weapon and resisting a police officer
By David Gray
Feb. 7, 2019 12:10 a.m.
University police arrested a student Monday for assault with a deadly weapon and resisting a police officer with violence on campus.
UCPD Lt. Kevin Kilgore said in an email that Mario Balderrama, a 23-year-old student, was reported to have yelled at staff at the UCLA LGBT Campus Resource Center and refused to leave a meeting at the center Jan. 31. After UCPD confronted him, Balderrama resisted arrest, causing minor injury to the officer.
Balderrama was arrested and booked for assault with a deadly weapon and resisting a police officer with violence. He was then transported to the Los Angeles County Jail with bail set at $55,000.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed charges against Balderrama Feb. 4 for assault with a deadly weapon, resisting a policy officer with violence, hate crimes and vandalism.
This case is still under investigation. Anyone with information about the case can call UCPD detectives at 310-825-1491.
