Man Pleads Not Guilty in Attack on Policewoman
A Highland Park man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to assault and robbery charges in the shooting of a Los Angeles police officer who was critically wounded during a gun battle in which the defendant’s companion was killed.
Arvin Peter Mani, 20, was arraigned in Newhall Municipal Court in Santa Clarita. Judge Alan S. Rosenfield set bail at $1 million and scheduled a preliminary hearing for June 21.
Two other suspects, girls 13 and 14, were to be arraigned today. They are to be charged--as Mani was Tuesday--with conspiracy to commit robbery, attempted robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and attempted grand theft with a firearm, prosecutors said.
Stacy Lim, the 27-year-old policewoman, remained in guarded condition at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital in Valencia.
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