A felon who led police on a chase from El Sereno to North Hollywood and held officers at bay for about three hours last June pleaded no contest Wednesday to four felony counts.
Nolan Perez, 42, entered his plea to two counts of assault on a peace officer with a semiautomatic weapon and one count each of criminal threats against an ex-girlfriend and attempted carjacking.
Perez — who had multiple prior convictions including one for domestic violence in 2011 — pointed a loaded semiautomatic rifle at police during a high-speed chase that lasted nearly an hour before he ran into a North Hollywood residence, where he remained for three hours and fired at police before he was arrested, according to authorities. No one was struck.
Shortly after police fired tear gas canisters into the residence, he came out unarmed and dropped face-down on the ground. SWAT officers moved in and took him into custody.
Perez is due back at the downtown Los Angeles courthouse Aug. 5, when he is expected to be sentenced to 32 years and 10 months in prison, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
— City News Service