CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : SAN DIEGO : Ex-Police Officer Faces New Charges

Former San Diego Police Officer Henry Hubbard, already charged in one attack, was arraigned on 30 additional counts involving sex crimes, kidnaping and attempted robbery in an alleged string of assaults last summer. Eight of the new counts involve allegations of illegal sex acts with two girls 13 and 14 years old. The other counts include charges that he kidnaped, raped, sexually assaulted or robbed seven more women. Hubbard also is charged with robbing some of the victims’ male companions. Hubbard, 29, pleaded not guilty to the 30 new counts and to the five counts of attempted murder and attempted robbery that had already been filed against him. He was ordered to stand trial on the five counts after a preliminary hearing last week.