PORT ANGELES — Aaron Maurice Mylan pleaded not guilty Friday to first-degree robbery, second-degree assault, unlawful possession of a firearm and theft of a motor vehicle after an Aug. 24 roadside altercation near Forks.
Mylan, 23, of Port Angeles faces a three-day trial beginning Oct. 13 in Clallam County Superior Court.
He remained in the county jail Saturday with no bond set.
A pretrial status hearing is set for Sept. 26.
The county Sheriff’s Office said Mylan caught a ride at a Forks gas station and then assaulted the driver with a gun as they drove along Sitkum-Sol Duc Road about 2 miles outside the West End city.
Eyewitness
A witness told police of seeing the blood-covered driver fall out of the pickup truck before Mylan drove into a ditch, fled the car and ran down the road with what appeared to be a gun, authorities said.
He was identified as Diamond Muller in court records.
Muller was treated and discharged from Forks Community Hospital.
Mylan, who was recently released from prison, was arrested Aug. 25 for unrelated state Department of Corrections violations.
Surveillance footage from the 76 gas station in Forks was used to link Mylan to the assault, authorities said.
Clallam County Sheriff’s Detective John Keegan said Mylan produced a handgun and ordered the driver out of the truck.
When the driver refused, Mylan struck the victim on the head and face with the gun, which discharged during the tussle, according to Keegan.
