LOS ANGELES — A 25-year-old Anaheim, California, man is facing felony charges of assault and hate crimes in connection with violent attacks against women in Orange County, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Johnny Deven Young posted videos on his YouTube channel that show him sexually harassing and pepper-spraying women in at least two attacks between November 2021 and April 2022 in Costa Mesa, according to the Orange County district attorney's office.
The incidents occurred near the Triangle Square shopping center. In the November 2021 incident, a 24-year-old woman was leaving a bar when Young verbally harassed her, asking to see her genitals and have sex with her, according to police. Young allegedly sprayed a chemical agent on the woman and her companion, a 29-year-old man.