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A man pleaded guilty Wednesday to attempted murder and was immediately sentenced to 13 years behind bars for an unprovoked knife attack on a woman waiting in line at a taco stand in East Los Angeles.
Andres Contreras, 30, attacked the 23-year-old woman while high on meth in the 5100 block of Whittier Boulevard last Sept. 7. She suffered a large laceration to her left hand, according to Deputy District Attorney Stefana Antonescu.
A good Samaritan who tried to intervene also suffered a laceration. Sheriff’s deputies, who were in the area, stopped the attack and took Contreras into custody.
Contreras — who did not know the woman — told deputies that he had been using methamphetamine all day, sheriff’s Lt. Alex Salinas said shortly after the attack.
–City News Service