Woman pleads not guilty

Friday, Oct. 15, 2004 | 9:20 a.m.

A woman accused of getting a friend to kill the man she suspected of burglarizing her apartment pleaded not guilty on Thursday.

Julia Jarrell, 34, was arraigned on charges of murder with a deadly weapon, first-degree kidnapping with a deadly weapon, and conspiracy to commit kidnapping.

On May 4, Jarrell's friend Ramon Iniguez said he shot 26-year-old Marc Somers in the parking lot of a nightclub at Jarrell's behest.

Jarrell believed Somers stole a plasma television, a diamond ring, $2,500 cash and a handgun from her apartment, and Iniguez testified that she asked him to take Somers hostage until he returned her property.

Instead, Somers pulled a gun, Iniguez said at Jarrell's preliminary hearing earlier this month.

Jarrell's trial date is to be set next week.

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