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Arcadia Weekly Jun 28, 2012
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However, he was arrested on an outstanding warrant.
Two men suspected of kicking the head of another motorist in a videotaped road rage incident are being prosecuted by Los Angeles County.
David Mendez, 21, and Edras A. Ramirez, 27, are each charged with assault with a deadly weapon.
The assault was captured on video by a motorist nearby, showed the men fighting the driver of another car, Jerry Patterson, on June 12 on Interstate 5
Once the video hit the internet the suspects turned themselves in.
A twist to the story is added as the beating victim was also charged with involvement in an incident last month in another city.
Patterson was arrested without incident Friday at his home in Altadena on an outstanding warrant for suspicion of DUI, hit and run and assault in a May 25 incident in Long Beach.
Patterson will appear in court in Los Angeles in July.
