Man suspected of severely beating sister in Altadena

ALTADENA -- A man allegedly severely beat his sister in Altadena and then slashed his own neck before being arrested Thursday in Pasadena, authorities said.
Rodney Poole, 52, if Altadena was being treated for self-inflicted wounds to his neck at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena and was expected to be booked on suspicion of attempted murder, Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Greg Sisneros said.
The attack occurred about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 600 block of West Crosby Street, sheriff's officials said.
"The suspect attacked his sister with his hands, fists and shod feet," Sisneros said. She suffered numerous cuts and broken bones.
The sister, described only as an Altadena woman, was hospitalized Thursday in stable condition, he added.
Poole called his brother about 11 a.m. Thursday, Sisneros said.
"He was despondent and wanted to end his life over what he had done to his sister," the lieutenant said.
Sheriff's deputies found the man sitting in a parked car at Arroyo Boulevard and Windsor Avenue in Pasadena, he said, with self-inflicted stab wounds to both sides of his neck.
He was hospitalized in unknown condition.