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# Homeless man arrested for brandishing knife at city worker in Palisades Park
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/080505-story-20050805-4/
- Published: 2005-08-05T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:33:13.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Crime, Pacific Palisades, #archive-import, Homeless

At 7:57 a.m. on Tuesday, July 26, the Santa Monica police responded to the 1500 block of Palisades Park regarding a subject brandishing a knife. When officers arrived to the scene, they spoke to the city employee, who said that he was doing landscaping work when there was a group of homeless individuals sleeping. When he woke them up, one of the homeless individuals became angry and approached him holding a knife in his right hand and began to yell. Krifther Yesseff Gutierez, 23, transient, was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon. Bail was set at $35,000.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 5, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/080505.pdf?ref=smdp.com)