Driver Accused of Plowing into Crowd Outside Nightclub Appears in Court

LOS ANGELES (CNS) – An Orange County man who allegedly drove his car into a crowd outside an East Hollywood nightclub, injuring more than three dozen people earlier this month, made his first court appearance Wednesday, but his arraignment was postponed.

Fernando Ramirez, 29, of San Clemente, is due back in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom on Sept. 4 for arraignment. He remains jailed in lieu of roughly $37 million bail.

Ramirez was charged July 22 with 37 counts each of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon in a case in which he could face a potential life prison sentence if he is convicted as charged…

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