Single mom on way to work fights back amid brutal attack, refuses to give up purse: 'I didn't want him to get away with this'



A single mother was brutally attacked as she was headed to work early one morning last weekend in Long Beach, California — but Beth Quintana fought back with everything she had, refusing to hand over her purse to the thug beating her.

"I didn't want him to get away with this," Quintana told KTLA-TV.

What are the details?

Quintana was walking to her car around 4:30 a.m. Saturday near 25th Street and Cedar Avenue and told police that an unknown man on a bicycle — and armed with a knife — approached her from behind, demanded her personal property, and then assaulted her, the station said.

“I had this really bad feeling, like something bad was going to happen, but I ignored my intuition and kept walking,” Quintana noted to KTLA. “Probably about five seconds later, I felt my head being hit.”

While she was on the ground, the attacker got on top of her and pulled out a knife, demanding her purse, the station said.

“I felt like “Oh my God, he’s going to rape me,’” she recounted to KTLA. “So I started screaming and fighting him.”

Quintana, who has two children, suffered a broken nose, a broken finger, a black eye, facial bruises, and a concussion, the station said, adding that her finger was nearly severed while she tried to take the attacker's knife.

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“He just kept knocking my head over and over and over again, and there was a point where ... I almost stopped fighting, but I don't know what happened. I just was like, ‘No, I'm not going to stop fighting,’ and I just got back up,” she added to KNBC-TV.

Quintana added to KNBC that she refused to let the attacker take her phone satchel, purse, or bag. Despite it being her first-ever physical altercation, Quintana told KNBC she was able to knock her attacker to the ground twice.

"I just knew I didn't want him to get away with this," she recounted to KTLA. "And I knew I didn't want to die."

Quintana told KNBC about 10 to 15 minutes passed before someone exited a house down the street and her attacker got back on his bike and rode off. No description has been released, KTLA added.

Despite her traumatic experience, Quintana told KTLA she's "not going to let this deter me from going to work early in the morning. I’m going to continue to work, be out, and live my life.”

Her roommate told KTLA a GoFundMe page was set up to help Quintana cover unpaid time off from work and her medical bills.

Anyone with information should call Long Beach Police at 562-435-6711.

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Man accused of throwing 62-year-old woman down stairs in random attack will get $250 per day from taxpayers each day he's not in treatment



The man accused of throwing a 62-year-old woman down stairs at a Seattle train station in a March random attack will get $250 per day at taxpayers' expense for each day he's not in treatment.

Say what?

Alexander Jay was charged with second-degree assault in connection with the attack, KCPQ-TV reported, adding that he also was charged with first-degree assault after a stabbing at a bus stop near the train station that same day.

In April, Jay was ruled incompetent to stand trial and ordered to spend the next three months in an inpatient facility until he understands the charges made against him, the station said.

But it's been more than 100 days, and since the state still hasn't placed Jay into an inpatient facility, his defense called for his release, KING-TV reported.

So, why hasn't he been placed into a facility? No beds, apparently.

“The only reason it has stalled this long is that the government has not provided him a bed to get well in. That’s barbaric. That is not the behavior of a civilized society, and I find it extraordinarily offensive and heartbreaking,” King County Superior Court Judge Johanna Bender said, according to KING.

The state estimated a bed for Jay won't be available until mid-August, KOMO-TV reported.

With that, Bender found the Department of Social and Health Services in contempt of court for failing to admit Jay to treatment, calling it a violation of his constitutional rights, KING added.

Jay will remain in jail due to the severity of the charges against him, but Bender also ordered the state to pay him $250 per day for each day he remains out of a treatment facility, KING added.

Those charges began accruing May 9, KCPQ reported, adding that taxpayers likely will have forked over more than $17,000 to Jay by the time he gets a bed in a facility.

DSHS officials told KCPQ Jay's situation isn't uncommon — in fact, nearly 400 people in jail are waiting for beds with DSHS.

Criminal record dating back to 2000

Citing court documents, Jay has a criminal record dating back to 2000, KCPQ reported, adding that recent charges against him include home burglary, assault, attempted assault, and domestic violence.

Kim Hayes, the woman who was tossed down the stairs at the train station, pleaded with the court Thursday to keep Jay in jail, KING said.

"He will harm someone. I am absolutely 100% sure of it. If he gets back out he will, he will repeat offend, and I have absolute 100% assurance – I know that that will happen," Hayes said, according to the station.

VIDEO: Suspect carries out gruesome beating on woman pumping gas — and bystanders do nothing to help



Officers are investigating after a suspect approached a woman at a gas station and inflicted upon her a gruesome beating, according to KTTV-TV.

Authorities say that a person who is believed to be the suspect was taken into custody as of Friday night. No other information about the suspect has been released at the time of this reporting.

What are the details?

The female victim, who remains unnamed, was pumping gas at a Gardena, California, gas station on May 30 when a large, shirtless man pulled up in a battered SUV and calmly walked toward the woman as she filled up her vehicle's gas tank.

According to the victim — and corroborated by surveillance video — the male walked toward the female victim and punched her in the head. She immediately dropped to the ground and the suspect continued raining blows upon her. Video of the incident showed the suspect throwing at least 10 punches as the woman was on the ground.

KTTV reported that while the woman was on the ground, the suspect also grabbed her by her hair and slammed her head against her vehicle and against the pavement "multiple times."

Following the vicious attack, the victim re-entered his SUV and drove away.

The woman was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of her injuries. A release from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department stated that the woman was released to her home following the attack, where she continues to recuperate.

Bystanders, as shown in the surveillance footage, watched the incident unfold without stepping in to assist the woman.

During the investigation, the victim told authorities that she had no idea who the suspect was and that he did not take any of her personal belongings during the attack.

The sheriff's department said that a second woman came forward to authorities after seeing the surveillance video and told deputies that she, too, was attacked the day before in the Willowbrook area.

Those with any further information on the heinous attack are asked to contact Detective K. McInnis at (323) 568-4800 or Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.

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