Man pleads not guilty in UConn stabbing
November 21, 2009
ROCKVILLE, Conn. (AP)—A man who allegedly was with the man charged withkilling University of Connecticut football Jasper Howard, has pleaded not guiltyto a conspiracy charge.
Twenty-year-old Hakim Muhammad entered the plea Friday in Rockville SuperiorCourt on a charge of conspiracy to commit assault.
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Prosecutors say Muhammad, of Bloomfield, Conn., and his friend andco-worker, 21-year-old John William Lomax III, were involved in a minoraltercation with others outside a university sanctioned dance early Oct. 18.
The suspects allegedly went back to Lomax’s car and returned with knives.
Prosecutors say several witnesses identified Lomax, also of Bloomfield, asthe person who stabbed 20-year-old Howard of Miami.
Muhammad’s attorney has said that while some witnesses claim his client hadsomething in his hand that looked like a knife, no one has offered evidence thathe swung it at anyone.