Campus assault suspect arraigned

Parolee arrested this month to be sentenced

Jeffrey Howard Roundup Reporter

A parolee responsible for an assault in a classroom in the Pierce College Village earlier this month is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Friday, Sept. 27 at the Van Nuys Municipal Courthouse.

Branden Saighe, 27, who is not a registered student at Pierce is being remanded at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility as he awaits his hearing.

Saighe was arrested Sept 9. after he confronted another man during a classroom session, causing brief chaos and confusion for students.

“A non-student walked into the classroom, went to the back and threatened to take over the class with a weapon,” Lt. Rod Armalin of the Los Angeles County Sheriff Community College Bureau said in a previous Roundup article.

Saighe, the parolee, was denied any type of leniency at his arraignment on

Sept. 18. He has two prior felony charges according to Shiara Davila-Morales, a spokeswoman for the District Attorney Public Defender Media Relations Office.

In 2009 he was convicted of forgery and identity theft, according to DavilaMorales, and is currently facing a felony count for criminal threat and one misdemeanor for simple battery.

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