| For Immediate Release Case # 10CM11264
December 9, 2010 |
Susan Kang Schroeder Public Affairs Counsel Office: 714-347-8408 Cell: 714-292-2718 Farrah Emami |
OCDA FILES CHARGES AGAINST 19 STUDENTS AND SYMPATHIZERS FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT OUTSIDE CHANCELLOR’S OFFICE AT UCI
SANTA ANA – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) filed charges today against 19 students and sympathizers for being disorderly outside the Chancellor’s Office and refusing to leave the University of California, Irvine (UCI) campus. John Bruning, 24, Santa Ana, and James Eric Lagergren, 23, Irvine, are both charged with one misdemeanor count each of false imprisonment and obstruction of a public place. Lagergren is also charged with one misdemeanor count of being a public nuisance. Eric Kitayama, 26, Anaheim Hills, is charged with two misdemeanor counts of trespassing, and one misdemeanor count each of disturbing the peace and refusal to disperse. The following 16 co-defendants are charged with one misdemeanor count each of trespassing, disturbing the peace, and refusal to disperse:
- Moosa Matt Azadian, 21, Anaheim
- Rachel Denice Burton, 21, Irvine
- Juan Antonio Castillo, 48, Santa Ana
- Fernando Chirino, 28, Irvine
- Ryan Sinclaire Davis, 22, Santa Ana
- Saron Ephraim, 22, Tustin
- Sandra Flores, 20, Irvine
- Dennis Lopez, 32, Irvine
- Evangelina Nevarez, 36, Los Angeles
- Sylvia Van Pham, 22, Fountain Valley
- Celene Perez, 28, Los Angeles
- Whitney Lauren Shepard, 22, Irvine
- Indar Smith, 22, Irvine
- Aida Belaynes Soloman, 21, Irvine
- Irendeep Kaur Srai, 22, Irvine