Martinez, Calif.— The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office charged a Richmond woman with two felony counts for assaulting minors at El Cerrito High School.
20-year-old Liliana Gonzalez-Lopez turned herself in at the El Cerrito Police Department on June 6, 2022 after an arrest warrant was issued. Gonzalez-Lopez was wanted for an April 19, 2022 incident at El Cerrito High for assaulting two female minors in a restroom.
Through statements and other evidence, police determined Gonzalez-Lopez punched one student multiple times and dragged her by the hair inside a toilet stall. That minor suffered minor injuries including a concussion. The other student was struck in the throat and thrown to the ground while attempting to shut Gonzalez-Lopez out of the restroom stall.
Gonzalez-Lopez was arraigned at 1:30 pm today in Martinez on two felony counts [PC 245(a)(4)] for Assault by Means Likely to Produce Great Bodily Injury on a Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2.
02-22-00329 | The People of the State of California vs. Gonzalez-Lopez, Liliana
El Cerrito Police Department Press Release: Case #2022-000779
On April 19th, 2022, the El Cerrito Police Department became aware of two students that were attacked in a campus
bathroom at the El Cerrito High School. One victim was punched and kicked several times in the head and body while on the ground.
The victim was also drugged around the bathroom by her hair amongst a crowd of onlookers. One of the suspects was identified as a current student at El Cerrito High School while the second suspect was determined to be an adult related to the juvenile suspect.
Detectives identified the second suspect as Liliana Gonzalez-Lopez, a 20-year-old Richmond woman who was not a student at the school, and a warrant for her arrest was obtained. Gonzalez-Lopez surrendered herself on June 6th, 2022, at the El Cerrito Police Department.
The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s office subsequently filed felony assault charges against Gonzalez-Lopez.
