San Diego
Bail was set Thursday at $5 million for a state prison parolee charged with murdering, six days after his release from prison, a taxicab driver.
Brian Keith Milligan, 26, of San Diego pleaded not guilty to the July 6 slaying and attempted robbery of Radio Cab driver David Curtiss Brown, 36, in a Logan Heights alley.
Deputy Dist. Atty. Kriston Anton urged the $5-million bail, saying Milligan is “an extreme danger to society.”
Brown was shot in the chest about 1:30 p.m. after dropping off a female passenger.
San Diego Municipal Judge Larry Stirling scheduled a preliminary hearing for Aug. 12. Milligan is also charged with brandishing a weapon, possessing a firearm as a felon and possessing cocaine.
Initially, Milligan was arrested July 7 on suspicion of committing a lewd act in public with a woman in an alley, but authorities were later unable to find the woman.
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