Hermosa Beach to increase police on plaza this weekend
Police will more heavily patrol Pier Plaza in the wake of last weekend’s stabbing. Photo by Ed Pilolla In response to the stabbings that occurred last weekend, the Hermosa Beach police plan to increase their presence on the plaza as well as throughout the city this weekend. “In particular, we will saturate the Pier Plaza area, as well as along Hermosa and Pier avenues,” Interim Police Chief Steve Johnson said in a press release. “While the incident that took place is a rare occurrence, we want to remind those enjoying Hermosa Beach that we will not tolerate dangerous and unruly behavior.” Two men were stabbed during a fight on the plaza late Saturday night that involved as many as ten people, police said. The men suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to a local hospital where one underwent surgery. A 26-year-old Whittier man, Dimetrick Richmond, was arrested and charged with attempted murder in connection with the stabbings, police said. Racial slurs appear to have begun the melee, police said. The weapon used has not been found, police said. Initially the police reported that an argument between the two groups of men started inside Sharkeez but later backed off…
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