KABC Radio Reporter Allegedly Attacked

LOS ANGELES, June 1, 2006 -- A local radio reporter was allegedly assaulted Thursday while leaving a Los Angeles charter school that his station, KABC Radio, says imparts separatist ethics.

The reporter, Sandy Wells, was not hurt, said station spokesman Steve Sheldon.

Wells was leaving the campus of Academia Semillas Del Pueblo, 4736 Huntington Drive, after interviewing the principal when a car came around the corner, jumped the curb and the driver tried to run him down, Sheldon said.

Wells managed to dodge the car, but the driver, a man who appeared to be in his mid-20s, got out and tackled him, taking away his tape recorder, he said.

The incident was reported to police, Sheldon said, adding that it is believed to be linked to the station's reporting on the school.

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