SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 31-year-old Orange County jail inmate pleaded not guilty Jan. 18 for his alleged role in the beating of a drunken-driving suspect, in an attack that allegedly involved 13 assailants and left the victim comatose.
Jonathan Arley Gonzalez-Sanchez pleaded not guilty to conspiracy, attempted murder, torture, kidnapping, and participation in gang activity, all felonies, and denied sentencing enhancements for gang activity and causing great bodily injury.