A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge denied a request Wednesday to remove a prior conviction for a defendant accused of assault and false imprisonment in allegations from a 2024 armed standoff with a sheriff’s deputy in Castaic.
Plea negotiations discussed in open court were unsuccessful, and Raul Martinez, 45, is now headed for trial preparation next week, a clerk for Department I in the San Fernando Courthouse confirmed Friday.
A Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputy shot Martinez almost two years ago, after the deputy responded to a shots-fired call on the 28000 block of Parker Road, near Sloan Canyon Road…