A month after ten people were charged in relation to a May 15 protest on the campus of the University of California, Irvine, an additional 39 people are now facing charges.
The ten protesters charged in September – which included two professors and four students – are set to be arraigned Wednesday, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office stated.
Of the 39 defendants charged on Wednesday, all but one of them were charged with a misdemeanor count of failure to disperse at the scene of a riot; 26-year-old Shanice Hyler of Irvine, was charged with one misdemeanor count each of resisting arrest and vandalism, and 36-year-old Omar Zegar of Irvine was charged with resisting arrest in addition to failure to disperse.
The Orange County District Attorney’s Office assigned each of the 39 new defendants one of four arraignment dates:
Arraignment date of Nov. 13, 2024
Manda Zhu, 20, of Irvine
Annika Vinekar, 19, of Trabuco Canyon
Savannah Plakson, 24, of Irvine
Salma Nasoorden, 25, of Anaheim
Alex Kim, 20, of Palmdale
Ashley Hormaza, 25, of Anaheim
Hassan Yasmeen Monther, 24, of Fountain Valley
Callista Gill, 22, of Brea
Zayd Aweinat, 20, of Pomona
Arveen Alaeddini, 19, of Moreland Hills, Ohio
Arraignment date of Nov. 20, 2024
Jemin Yoo, 19, of Eastvale
Johansen Pico, 28, of Irvine
Gloryann Mendoza, 36, of Downey
Theodoros Kapogianis, 34, of Irvine
Lubna Hammad, 39, of Aliso Viejo
Andrew De La Cruz-Caccam, 20, of Irvine
Yaritza Cortez, 31, of Moreno Valley
Malik Alrefai, 24, of Irvine
Mohammad Alamour, 22, of Laguna Hills
Nikita Yu, 25, of Irvine
Arraignment date of Dec. 5, 2024
Shanice Hyler, 26, of Irvine
Jaelynn Valez, 21, of Fontana
Julie Nguyen, 22, of Irvine
Zain Mahmood, 20, of Irvine
Faran Kharal, 32, of Rancho Cucamonga
Jacob Hernandez, 32, of Costa Mesa
Omar Habbak, 28, of Pomona
Mark Gradoni, 36, of Costa Mesa
Amy Gilmore, 29, of Irvine
Clark Do, 19, of Corona
Arraignment date of Dec. 11, 2024
Omar Zegar, 36, of Irvine
Hani Habbas, 37, of San Juan Capistrano
Hasna Aini, 21, of Irvine
Camryn Robinson, 20, of Irvine
Caroline Mooney, 27, of Long Beach
Donavion Huskey, 37, of Irvine
Kayla Grassbaugh (no age or place of residence provided)
Daniela Fernandez, 21, of Perris
Tariq Assfour, 26, of Orange
Ahmad Alamour, 19, of Laguna Hills
The following defendants will be arraigned Wednesday:
Michael Chang, 29, of Irvine
Jonathan Brook Haley, 51, of Oceanside
Tiffany Willoughby Herard, 50, of Irvine
Fantana Zadran, 39, of Irvine
Rami Anabtawi, 40, of Silverado
Miriam Castro, 27, of Irvine
Kevyn Garcia, 24, of Upland
Adel Shaker Hijazi, 40, of Irvine
Angie Belen Monreal, 27, of Garden Grove
Marah Quran, 20, of Irvine
Of the ten individuals being arraigned Wednesday, all of them are charged with a misdemeanor count of failing to disperse; Herard was also charged with resisting a peace officer with the threat of violence and resisting arrest, both misdemeanors.
Monreal was also charged with resisting arrest, the DA’s office said.
“The charged defendants include two UCI professors, a UCI teaching assistant and 26 UCI students,” the DA’s office added.
In a statement, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said protesters are “encourage[d]” to exercise their right to peaceful assembly, but criminal activity that transcends peaceful assembly is not tolerated.
A month after ten people were charged in relation to a May 15 protest on the campus of the University of California, Irvine, an additional 39 people are now facing charges. The ten protesters charged in September – which included two professors and four students – are set to be arraigned Wednesday, the Orange County […]
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