Los Angeles Times

Not-guilty plea in train incident

- A 22-year-old woman has been charged with battery for spitting on a Los Angeles police officer during a confrontat­ion — James Queally

at a Metro station that sparked criticism of the LAPD earlier this year, authoritie­s said.

Selena Lechuga pleaded not guilty to one count of battery on a peace officer Friday, said Rob Wilcox, a spokesman for the Los Angeles city attorney’s office.

Lechuga was one of two women at the center of a controvers­ial arrest at the Westlake/MacArthur Park station that was caught on video in late January. The confrontat­ion began when an LAPD sergeant approached 18-year-old Bethany Nava and ordered her to take her foot off a seat, which is a violation on Metro trains.

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