LOS ANGELES — A 34-year-old woman pleaded not guilty today to attacking a person based on gender identity, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.
Glyness Chinique Felton, 34, of Long Beach has been charged with one count of attempted murder in case NA103984. The felony complaint includes hate crime and knife allegations.
Two other defendants, Tishia Marice Gray and Davon Lamar Ellout were also charged in connection with the same attack.
On April 6, Gray and Ellout pleaded no contest to a felony count of assault with a deadly weapon. Gray was sentenced to three years in state prison, while Ellout was ordered to serve four years in state prison.
Prosecutors said on March 20 the victim, a transgender woman, was walking down a Long Beach street when Felton, Gray and Ellout reportedly began yelling derogatory remarks at her.
The defendants then allegedly followed the victim into a store where Gray punched the victim. Felton allegedly pulled out a knife to stab the victim, while Gray and Ellout continued the assault, prosecutors said.
Ellout then grabbed a wet floor sign and slammed it over the victim’s head, prosecutors added.
Felton is scheduled to return to court for a preliminary hearing setting on April 20 in Department S01 at the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Long Beach Branch.
If convicted as charged, Felton faces a maximum possible sentence of life in state prison.
The case is being investigated by the Long Beach Police Department.
