Self-proclaimed incel filmed himself harassing women and pepper spraying them

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Self-proclaimed incel Johnny Deven Young, 25, is charged for multiple California hate crimes: filmed himself harassing women and pepper spraying them

• Johnny Deven Young, 25, a self-described 'incel' named is the suspect in a series of pepper-spray attacks against women
• The most recent attack happened in Costa Mesa in Southern California
• Young approaches women who are either alone or in groups and assaults them
• When the women defend themselves and fight back, he claims to be the victim and pepper sprays them
• Young then posts video of the attacks to social media
• Authorities say he has posted similar attacks on women in Las Vegas

A self-proclaimed 'incel' has been charged with pepper spraying women in a series of hate attacks he filmed across Southern California.

Johnny Deven Young, 25 from Anaheim, near Los Angeles, faces multiple charges including assault and illegal use of tear gas with enhancements for using a deadly weapon and hate crimes, according to the Orange County District Attorney's office.

Prosecutors said Young posted videos of himself pepper spraying and harassing women online and declared himself a so-called 'incel,' a member of an online community of men who call themselves involuntary celibates and express rage against women.

Young was suspected of confronting female victims outside bars in Costa Mesa and assaulting several people in attacks between November 2021 and April of this year, according to police.

• Johnny Deven Young, 25, a self-described 'Incel' named is the suspect in a series of pepper-spray attacks against women

• Young approaches women who are either alone or in groups and assaults them

• When the women defend themselves and fight back, he claims to be the victim and pepper sprays them as seen in the above video

• ''I just saw him with the camera and when he got in my face with it. I kinda thought it was a joke and he was just doing something, either for internet clout, or just to be some weird social experiment,' Emily said to Inside Edition

• 'You can't describe the pain, it was horrible,' Jessica said of the pepper spray

He was identified by Costa Mesa police as a suspect in two attacks involving four women and a man who tried to stop one of the assaults.

In one incident, which took place at a Costa Mesa bar in the early hours of November 21, police say that Young began 'verbally harassing' a 29-year-old woman, using 'explicit language, saying he wanted to see her genitals, and asked to have sexual relations with her.'

When her friend tried to help the woman, Young pepper sprayed them both before fleeing the scene.

He would then post video of the attacks online for other like-minded individuals to enjoy.

'I just saw him with the camera and when he got in my face with it. I kinda thought it was a joke and he was just doing something, either for internet clout, or just to be some weird social experiment,' Emily, who was assaulted, told Inside Edition.

In one video, Young could be seen approaching a woman in tears in a parking garage.

• In one video, Young is heard allegedly describing his penis to three women who are seen sitting on a bench as they wait for an Uber outside a nightclub

• One woman fought back and threw her phone at Young after she was pepper sprayed

• Young was left with a bloody nose after one woman decided to fight back

The women tells him her car has been stolen but instead of helping, Young asks, 'Can I hook up with you?'

After the woman refuses his advances, he then verbally harasses her.

In another clip, Young is heard allegedly describing his penis to three women who are seen sitting on a bench as they wait for an Uber outside a nightclub.

One of them kicks him and instructs him to leave at which point Young allegedly pepper-sprays her and her friend, together with a third woman who tried to intervene

'You can't describe the pain, it was horrible,' Jessica said of being pepper sprayed.

Young would post video depicting confrontations with people at various gyms and at a fast-food restaurant under a pseudonym but his social media pages were removed in April.

• Young can be seen pepper spraying a woman in the face in one of his alleged attacked

• Young is said to live in a white and green van in a California parking lot

'No one should have to live in fear that they could be indiscriminately attacked and then publicly humiliated on the Internet because of their gender,' Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said.

'This behavior is disgusting and the celebration of this behavior by like-minded individuals is completely unacceptable. These charges send a very strong message to that entire community that we will not tolerate violence against women in any form.'

Young, who is said to live in a parking lot in a green and white van, was arrested in San Mateo County and returned to Orange County, where he appeared in court on Monday.

Young has a prior misdemeanor hate crime conviction in Nevada and was charged with four felony counts of assault with great bodily injury, four felony counts of illegal use of tear gas, four felony enhancements for the personal use of a deadly weapon, and eight felony hate crime enhancements.

He is currently being held in lieu of $500,000 bail and his arraignment has been delayed to October 10.

He faces a maximum sentence of 13 years in state prison if convicted on all counts.

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