{"id":94658,"date":"2020-07-16T18:16:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T01:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=94658"},"modified":"2020-07-16T18:16:49","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T01:16:49","slug":"man-pleads-not-guilty-to-trying-to-kill-80-year-old-man-in-restroom-case-dismissed-against-co-defendant-girlfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2020\/07\/16\/man-pleads-not-guilty-to-trying-to-kill-80-year-old-man-in-restroom-case-dismissed-against-co-defendant-girlfriend\/","title":{"rendered":"Man pleads not guilty to trying to kill 80-year-old man in restroom; case dismissed against co-defendant\/girlfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"

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[Left] Image from LASD wanted poster. [Right] Damaris Wade booking photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>LANCASTER – An ex-con accused of severely beating and robbing an 80-year-old man in a grocery store restroom pleaded not guilty Thursday to attempted murder and other charges.<\/p>\n

Damaris Wade<\/strong> — also known as “Papa Cill” — was charged Wednesday with one felony count of attempted murder, elder abuse with infliction of injury and second-degree robbery, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.<\/p>\n

The charges include allegations that the 22-year-old Lancaster man inflicted great bodily injury on a victim 70 or older and that he has a prior conviction for robbery in 2016.<\/p>\n

Wade’s girlfriend, Tamika White<\/strong>, 33, was initially charged with one felony count of accessory after the crime, along with an allegation that she was convicted in 2014 of assault with a deadly weapon. But the charge against her was subsequently dismissed, and no reason was given in open court, according to Ricardo Santiago of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.<\/p>\n

Wade allegedly attacked Roberto Flores-Lopez<\/strong> on July 8 inside the restroom of Superior Grocers in the 1000 block of East Avenue J, near 10th Street, and stole the victim’s wallet, according to Deputy District Attorney Yujin Yi.<\/p>\n

He was found on the floor by someone who later came into the restroom, and was hospitalized for injuries that included a broken jaw and nose and multiple broken ribs.<\/p>\n

Authorities said the assailant was wearing a black mask with a design of white fangs, and deputies posted a wanted poster with pictures of the suspects two days later. Wade and White surrendered Saturday, July 11, at the Lancaster sheriff’s station, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Ali Villalobos of the Lancaster sheriff’s station noted that family members of Wade had met with the Flores-Lopez family and that “both families call for unity within our community.”<\/p>\n

If convicted as charged, Wade could face a potential 25-year-to-life state prison sentence, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n

Previous related stories:<\/p>\n

Man charged with attempted murder of 80-year-old Lancaster man in restroom<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Robbery and assault suspects turn themselves in<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Authorities release names of suspects wanted for alleged senior attack<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Authorities circulate photos of suspect in alleged attack of 80-year-old man in Lancaster<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

80-year-old man attacked in bathroom of Lancaster grocery store<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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LANCASTER – An ex-con accused of severely beating and robbing an 80-year-old man in a grocery store restroom pleaded not guilty Thursday to attempted murder and other charges. Damaris Wade — also known as “Papa Cill” — was charged Wednesday with one felony count of attempted murder, elder abuse with infliction of injury and second-degree […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":94638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,1499,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94658"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}