Tremaine Jatari Sowell, 42, on Thursday pleaded not guilty to violating the civil rights of others, including threatening one person at knifepoint, following a spate of alleged hate crimes that occurred June 8.
Tremaine Jatari Sowell, 42, is accused of a "random" attack just before 5:50 p.m. Wednesday in downtown Huntington Beach on a woman based on her sexual orientation, according to police.
Authorities in California say that the coyote that bit a 2-year-old girl on a beach in Southern California last week is one of the animals that were shot and killed following the attack.