A convicted carjacker pleaded guilty Thursday to keeping a girlfriend captive and attempting to kill her in Huntington Beach.
Conor Bryan Verdun, who is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 16, held the woman in an apartment against her will at Brookhurst Street and Hamilton Avenue and beating her with a stick March 13, 2022, according to police.
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Police were called just after 1 a.m. about a disturbance when neighbors heard yelling in the apartment, police said. Verdun kept her phone away from her so she could not call for help, police said.
The victim required hospitalization, police said.
Verdun pleaded guilty to attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, dissuading a witness from reporting a crime, criminal threats and false imprisonment, all felonies, according to court records. He also admitted sentencing enhancements of attempted premeditated murder, causing great bodily injury in domestic violence, and personal use of a deadly weapon.