Police were searching Wednesday for a Los Angeles man accused of stabbing a woman and attempting to gouge out a man’s eyes who fled a courthouse and cut off a monitoring bracelet. When detectives learned that he fled the courthouse, the privately-contracted monitoring company initially refused to provide his whereabouts, Batts said. Batts said that when Munguia realized his bail would be increased to more than $1 million, he decided to flee. An arrest warrant was issued for Abel Munguia, 19, whom police called a “dangerous fugitive,” after his electronic monitoring ankle device was recovered in Carson. “He said he was going to the restroom and never came back,” said Los Angeles Police Det.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 11, 2016 01:41 UTC