Parolee Pleads Not Guilty in Murder Cases of California Sheriff's Sergeant

A 29-year-old parolee charged with killing Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sergeant Steve Owen in 2016 pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder and other counts, according to the Antelope Valley Times .

Trenton Trevon Lovell is charged with the execution-style killing of Sergeant Steve Owen.

Sergeant Owen had responded to reports of a burglary in progress on October 5, 2016. Owen was checking the rear of the apartment building when the subject reportedly emerged and shot him, according to ODMP .

Lovell is also accused of pointing a weapon at sheriff’s Deputy Zachary Anderson, using Owen's patrol car to ram Anderson's vehicle and then fleeing into a nearby home where he remained for about an hour before fleeing.

Lovell is also charged with one count each of attempted murder, burglary and possession of a firearm by a felon and two counts each of first-degree residential robbery and false imprisonment by violence—the latter of which includes a knife use allegation.