A Woodland Hills man who terrorized street vendors using violence, racist language and an ax must pay two victims a total of more than $2.8 million.
On Wednesday, a jury found Daniel McGuire guilty of assault, inflicting emotional distress and committing violent acts, among other offenses, against vendors Jonathan Alvarez and Tomas Leocadio — both of whom relied on their fruit stands as their sole source of income.
McGuire’s “reign of terror” took place between February and August 2022, attorney Christian Contreras wrote in court documents. During that period, McGuire repeatedly harassed vendors working at the intersection of Canoga Avenue and Dumetz Road in Woodland Hills, the complaint states.
In March of that year, McGuire published and distributed a racist manifesto around the neighborhood, referring to fruit vendors as “sub-American illegal aliens,” “hardened criminals” and “cockroaches that need to be ground into the dirt,” according to the complaint.