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# Suspect holds knife to victim’s throat over traffic matter
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/suspect-holds-knife-to-victims-throat-over-traffic-matter/
- Published: 2016-04-21T12:59:36.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-03T21:45:39.000Z
- Author: Editor
- Tags: Crime, News, Santa Monica, santa monica news, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 14:39

On April 15, 2016 at approximately 7:57 p.m.

Officers were flagged down regarding a fight at the Pier Deck Parking Lot. Officers determined a verbal altercation ensued over a traffic matter which led to the suspect threatening several people with a knife. The suspect, Mouad Sifessalam, 21, of Stanton, held a knife to the victim’s throat and threatened to kill her. The knife was recovered as evidence. The suspect was taken into custody and booked for felony assault with a deadly weapon. Bail was set at $30,000.

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