From the Easy Reader – February 15, 2001 by Robb Fulcher - Hermosa Beach - Police Beat – Man attacked

A Venice man suffered a broken right hand, a concussion and “broken upper and lower teeth”.

The victim experienced blurred vision and hearing loss in a nighttime attack along Hermosa Avenue, police said.

The man was standing next to another person who was attacked with pepper spray about 2 a.m. Jan. 27, and the Venice man was hit by the “over-spray,” a police report stated.

The Venice man threw a punch to defend himself, then was knocked to the ground and kicked repeatedly, the report stated.

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