Men to head to court for UCLA party stabbing

Two Huntington Beach men are scheduled to appear in court in connection with a fight and stabbing that left three people wounded at a UCLA fraternity party last month.

Federico Fernandez, 22, Phi Quoc Le, 20, and two others are being held on $2-million bail in the Men’s Central Jail in Los Angeles for charges of attempted murder and aggravated mayhem.

The fight occurred Sept. 22 during an early-morning party hosted by Lambda Phi Epsilon in an apartment complex near campus, UCLA spokesman Phil Hampton said. Officers responded to a call about assault with a deadly weapon and found one student stabbed in the abdomen, another stabbed in the arm and a third struck over the head with a bottle, Hampton said.

Fernandez and Le, along with Dan Su Pham, 19, of Covina and Don Thammavongsa, 19, of Westminster, were arrested later that day.

Huntington Beach’s Chris Yi, 19, was arrested Oct. 1 along with Isaiah Hee Cho, 19, of Westminster and Justin Kim, 19, of La Crescenta, in connection to the fight. All three are enrolled at UCLA. Yi and Cho were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, while Kim was arrested on suspicion of being an accessory.

Kim was released from custody Saturday and Yi on Monday, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department records.

Robert Naples, associate vice chancellor and dean of students, said in a statement that Lambda Phi Epsilon was already on suspension for a previous incident of fighting and is now under further investigation.

Fernandez and Le are expected to appear at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 29 in the Airport Courthouse in Los Angeles.