Morales grabbed a patio chair to fend off his attackers before running away with his assailants in tow, prosecutors said.
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City News Service,
Oc Register,
25 Jan. 2026
But Knife is careful to avoid giving the assailant too much space in the narrative, as if compartmentalizing his role was somehow a necessary part of the writer’s rehabilitation.
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