A 32-year-old man was sentenced on Aug. 28 for throwing rocks at vehicles, attempting to steal a bus and injuring a bystander who tried to stop him earlier this year in the Mid-City area.

Emmanuel Moncada, of Los Angeles, was sentenced to four years and two months in state prison after pleading no contest to one felony count each of attempted carjacking, throwing an object at a vehicle with intent to do great bodily injury and assault by means of force likely to cause great bodily injury. Under the terms of a negotiated plea agreement with prosecutors, the defendant will be required to pay restitution to at least a dozen victims.

On May 21, Moncada was on Venice Boulevard near Fairfax Avenue when he began throwing large rocks at passing cars and breaking their windows, including the windshield of a Metro bus, Deputy District Attorney Christine Yi said. He then entered the bus and attempted to drive away. When a bystander tried to intervene, Moncada hit the man in the head with a rock. A group of bystanders forcibly removed Moncada from the bus and detained him until police arrived.

The case was investigated by detectives with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Wilshire Division.