LONG BEACH -- Two 15-year-old girls were charged Monday with assault with a deadly weapon for the beating and slashing of a 16-year-old girl last week.
The suspects were arraigned on the felony charges at the Long Beach Superior Court Monday morning, said Deputy District Attorney Joanne Baeza.
Because the suspects are minors' their names, and the name of the minor victim, were withheld by authorities.
All three teens are from Long Beach.
The pair stand accused of attacking and beating the 16-year-old girl near 11th Street and Long Beach Boulevard at about 7:20 p.m. Wednesday.
The girl told police she was walking south on Long Beach Boulevard when the pair, who she knows, assaulted her.
She was able to get away and was walking near Seventh Street and Nebraska Avenue a short time later when one of the 15-year-old's jumped her a second time, this time cutting her with a sharp object, police said.
The victim was taken by her family to a local hospital where police were summoned, authorities said.
While the motive for the attacks remain under investigation, police said they arrested the 15 year old assailants on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and added an attempted murder count when booking the 15-year-old who slashed the victim.
Prosecutors, however, did not file the attempted murder count Monday, Baeza said.
The girl who allegedly cut the victim was instead charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon -- one count for each attack -- and one count of witness or victim intimidation, the prosecutor said.
The other 15-year-old was charged with one count of ADW and one count of witness intimidation.
The intimidation charge stems from statements the suspects made to the victim during the attacks, Baeza said.
Both of the juvenile suspects are scheduled to return to the Long Beach Superior Court's Juvenile Division on May 27 for a pre-trial conference.
Both of the accused teens are being held at a juvenile detention center as they await adjudication of their case.
The girls could face punishment ranging from probation to incarceration in the California Division of Juvenile Justice, formerly known as the California Youth Authority, until the age of 25, authorities said.
The suspects were arraigned on the felony charges at the Long Beach Superior Court Monday morning, said Deputy District Attorney Joanne Baeza.
Because the suspects are minors' their names, and the name of the minor victim, were withheld by authorities.
All three teens are from Long Beach.
The pair stand accused of attacking and beating the 16-year-old girl near 11th Street and Long Beach Boulevard at about 7:20 p.m. Wednesday.
The girl told police she was walking south on Long Beach Boulevard when the pair, who she knows, assaulted her.
She was able to get away and was walking near Seventh Street and Nebraska Avenue a short time later when one of the 15-year-old's jumped her a second time, this time cutting her with a sharp object, police said.
The victim was taken by her family to a local hospital where police were summoned, authorities said.
While the motive for the attacks remain under investigation, police said they arrested the 15 year old assailants on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and added an attempted murder count when booking the 15-year-old who slashed the victim.
Prosecutors, however, did not file the attempted murder count Monday, Baeza said.
The girl who allegedly cut the victim was instead charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon -- one count for each attack -- and one count of witness or victim intimidation, the prosecutor said.
The other 15-year-old was charged with one count of ADW and one count of witness intimidation.
The intimidation charge stems from statements the suspects made to the victim during the attacks, Baeza said.
Both of the juvenile suspects are scheduled to return to the Long Beach Superior Court's Juvenile Division on May 27 for a pre-trial conference.
Both of the accused teens are being held at a juvenile detention center as they await adjudication of their case.
The girls could face punishment ranging from probation to incarceration in the California Division of Juvenile Justice, formerly known as the California Youth Authority, until the age of 25, authorities said.
my cousin was one of the girls