LOS ANGELES—A 21-year-old man was charged on July 27 with attacking eight women in the East Los Angeles and downtown Los Angeles areas within less than a week.
Sergio Andrew Garcia pleaded not guilty to 13 counts, including three counts of assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury, two counts each of assault with intent to commit a felony and second-degree robbery, and one count each of sexual penetration by use of force, sexual battery, battery, kidnapping for carjacking, elder or dependent adult abuse, and grand theft of an automobile.
