Man who led police on chase pleads not guilty in domestic violence case

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LAPD officers take a suspect into custody after a four-hour standoff in North Hollywood. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

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A man hugs his daughter after she was evacuated from Oakwood School in North Hollywood. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Parents hug as they wait to be reunited with their children who are being evacuated from Oakwood School in North Hollywood. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Students from Oakwood School in North Hollywood are evacuated from their campus after a man, who led police on a high-speed chase, was roaming the neighborhood with an assault rifle before barricading himself inside a home. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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Students from Oakwood School in North Hollywood are evacuated from their campus. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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Officers search a North Hollywood neighborhood for a man with a rifle who was hiding in the area. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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LAPD officers with guns drawn close off Hartsook Street as police search for a gunman in the North Hollywood neighborhood. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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A man who led police on a high speed chase across L.A. freeways fled on foot into a North Hollywood neighborhood with a rifle. Police have locked down the area off Magnolia Boulevard near the 170 freeway. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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Armed LAPD officers take up position on Hartsook Street in North Hollywood after a man who led police on a high-speed chase on several freeways Monday was roaming around a neighborhood armed with an assault rifle Monday. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

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A suspect who led police on a high-speed chase across Los Angeles freeways fled on foot into a North Hollywood neighborhood with a rifle. Police have locked down the area off Magnolia Boulevard near the 170 Freeway. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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Police turned out in numbers in North Hollywood where a gunman is hiding in the neighborhood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

By Robert J. Lopez

June 12, 2014 8 PM PT

A 41-year-old man accused of leading officers on a high-speed chase and jumping rooftops in North Hollywood before he was flushed out of a home with tear gas pleaded not guilty Thursday to domestic violence charges.

Nolan Perez was charged with making criminal threats against a woman when authorities said he was spotted by Los Angeles police at her El Sereno home on Monday morning.

Police said Perez fled in a vehicle as officers tried to arrest him, triggering a chase that spanned several Los Angeles freeways and led to a barricade situation that paralyzed a North Hollywood neighborhood for hours and prompted authorities to lock down several schools in the area.

Police said Perez was armed with a high-powered rifle as he ditched his car and ran through the neighborhood, scurrying across rooftops before holing up inside a small, single-story home on Hartsook Street.

The dramatic, hours-long incident, which was broadcast by television news helicopters, ended when Perez walked out of the home after SWAT officers fired tear-gas projectiles inside the residence.

Perez is charged with one count of stalking and six counts of making criminal threats, according to a complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.

The complaint alleges that Perez has prior felony convictions, including domestic violence in 2011, ex-felon with a gun in 2007 and negligent discharge of a firearm in 1997.

Perez has served time in state prison, court records show. He listed his occupation as a painter, according to booking records.

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