Ex-astronaut pleads not guilty
From Times Wire Reports
Former astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak’s attorneys formally entered a not guilty plea to charges that she tried to kidnap a rival for a space shuttle pilot’s affections.
Nowak, 43, a mother of three and Navy captain, did not appear at the arraignment in Orlando.
Nowak was arrested Feb. 5 after police say she drove from Houston to Florida to confront Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman in an airport parking lot and then pepper-sprayed her. Shipman, who was dating astronaut William A. Oefelein, got away.
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