SANTA ANA, Calif.—A felon with a lengthy criminal history was charged Jan. 5 with going on a spree of what police called unprovoked assaults that included a stabbing in Irvine.
Ricardo De La Riva Jr., 43, of Irvine, was charged with attempted murder and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, all felonies, along with sentencing enhancements for the personal use of a deadly weapon and inflicting great bodily injury on a victim.
