Washington: The person accused of brutally attacking an 81-year-old Sikh man outside a gurdwara in the US on May 5 has pleaded not guilty of attempted murder and elderly abuse.
29-year-old Gilbert Garcia was arrested for brutally attacking Piara Singh with a steel rod outside the Nanaksar Sikh gurdwara on South Cherry Avenue, southwest Fresno, in central California around 7 am.
The accused appeared before the Fresno County Superior Court yesterday and pleaded not guilty to the charges, which the Fresno County District Attorney's Office described as a hate crime, the Fresno Bee reported.
Garcia is being held in lieu of a bail of 1.7 million dollars and a hearing has been scheduled for June 26.
29-year-old Gilbert Garcia was arrested for brutally attacking Piara Singh with a steel rod outside the Nanaksar Sikh gurdwara on South Cherry Avenue, southwest Fresno, in central California around 7 am.
The accused appeared before the Fresno County Superior Court yesterday and pleaded not guilty to the charges, which the Fresno County District Attorney's Office described as a hate crime, the Fresno Bee reported.
Garcia is being held in lieu of a bail of 1.7 million dollars and a hearing has been scheduled for June 26.
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