A tall man, Jon-Luc Laporte, 21, walked into the Solano County Superior Court in Vallejo wearing a long trench coat, a hat and a black bandana covering half of his face before entering Judge Tim Kam's court room.
Laporte, accompanied by his attorney, Laina Chickhani, pleaded not guilty to two counts of attempted murder, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, and evading police officers. Kam also granted a protective order that mandates Laporte to stay at least 100 yards from the victims and one of the victim's homes, and limits all telecommunication between him and the victims.
He is out on a $210,000 bail.
Laporte was arrested for allegedly running over two women in October, possibly after one of the women spurned his romantic advances.
One of the victims, Anna Bond, and Laporte had known each other since they were teenagers, and they were meeting each other at the Starbucks on Benicia Road on Oct. 18. Several friends had told the Times-Herald that they believed Laporte may have hoped to become Bond's boyfriend at that meeting.
As Bond and her friend were walking away from the Starbucks after the meeting, a pick-up truck could be seen making a bee line at them in the parking lot of a nearby strip mall before striking them, sending them into the air. Laporte was later identified as the driver, police said.
Laporte allegedly came back to the scene, and led police on a pursuit.
Bond was the more seriously injured of the two victims, and her family said she was expected to fully recover.
Laporte is expected back in court in December.
