Transient to stand trial in fatal Pomona stabbing
POMONA -- A judge ruled this month that there's sufficient evidence for a transient to stand trial for murder in connection with a fatal stabbing here in October.
Harry Lee Glaser, 51, allegedly stabbed Alfred Edward Burton in the thigh during an argument on Oct. 11, 2010 in the parking lot of a strip mall at North Garey Avenue and Grove Street.
The argument was allegedly spurred by Burton, 50, who without invitation entered a vehicle at about 11 p.m. that Glaser and his girlfriend lived in, according to court testimony this month.
Burton was reportedly drunk and made sexual advances toward Glaser's girlfriend, Shannon King.
He refused to leave the car when asked by Glaser, according to King's testimony during a preliminary hearing in Pomona Superior Court.
Glaser then forced Burton out of the car, punched him several times and stabbed him with a knife, according to testimony.
During the attack Glaser demanded money from Burton and rifled through his pockets, according to testimony from King and a resident of a nearby apartment building.
Judge Bruce F. Marrs ruled at the end of the April 15 hearing that Glaser must stand trial for Burton's killing.
Glaser remained jailed today in lieu of about $1 million bail at the North County Correctional Facility in Castaic. He is scheduled to return to court Friday morning.
King testified that Burton approached her car and entered the passenger side as she sat in the driver's seat. Glaser was outside the car feeding the couple's dog, King testified.
Burton had a water bottle filled with alcohol, King said. He rubbed King's thigh and asked for a ride to Garey and Holt Avenue to buy cocaine, according to King's testimony.
Glaser confronted Burton and asked him to get out of the car. Burton refused, so Glaser punched him, forced him out of the car and beat him in the parking lot, King testified.
Burton died the morning after the incident. Pomona police arrested Glaser in Rancho Cucamonga two days after the attack.
The evening of the incident, King sent a text message to a friend that said Burton threatened her and Glaser with a knife.
Glaser's defense attorney argued during the preliminary hearing that the text message is evidence Glaser acted in self-defense. But in King's testimony, she denied Burton had a knife.
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