Incel Johnny Deven Young Pepper Sprays Women, Arrested

<p>Hey Identifier,&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2022-09-26/incel-who-peppersprayed-women</p> <p><br></p> <p>#JohnnyYoung #incel #california&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>A self-described “incel” — involuntary celibate — charged with felony hate crimes after allegedly posting a video of himself sexually harassing and pepper-spraying women in Costa Mesa made his first court appearance Monday, following his arrest five days earlier.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Johnny Deven Young, 25, faces multiple felony assault and weapons-related charges with enhancements for the commission of alleged hate crimes, in addition to two misdemeanor counts of violating a person’s civil rights. He had been sought by police for months until his arrest in San Mateo County, Orange County district attorney’s officials said in a news release Tuesday.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Authorities believe the defendant assaulted or harassed six people in three separate incidents. On Nov. 21, Young allegedly approached a woman and a man near a bar in the Triangle Square shopping center as they were trying to help another friend who had fallen onto the ground, Costa Mesa police said. The defendant was accused of making lewd comments and asking to see the woman’s genitals, then spraying her and the man, who had attempted to stop Young, with a chemical agent.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Later, authorities became aware of footage allegedly posted to social media by Young in April depicting two other altercations he had with women in the same area. In one, the person filming the video approaches a woman who is in tears while walking through a parking garage. He asks if he can “hook up” with her almost immediately after she tells him that her car had just been stolen. After she rejects his advances, the person holding the camera makes comments about her genitals and cusses her out.</p> <p><br></p> <p>In the second incident in the video, the man recording it describes his penis to a group of women sitting on a bench. One of them kicks him,