Rodney Glen King

A San Bernardino man was shot several times by police early Thursday after allegedly shooting his girlfriend and a hotel employee, authorities said. Winston English, 52, shot his girlfriend in the hand after the couple argued while driving on Highway 30 about 2:30 a.m., police said. The woman, Tanija Salter, 28, jumped out of the car, and English tried to find her by knocking on several doors at two motels near the 600 block of North H Street, authorities said.

Rodney King, whose videotaped beating by police led to the 1992 Los Angeles riots, pleaded not guilty Thursday to misdemeanor charges of reckless driving and driving under the influence of drugs. King, who lives in Rialto, appeared in a Fontana courtroom and occasionally leaned on a walker because of injuries he sustained when he smashed his SUV into a San Bernardino home in April. Rialto police allege that King was driving a 2003 Ford Expedition about 100 mph before he crashed into the house.

Police sought misdemeanor charges Wednesday against Rodney G. King -- whose videotaped beating by police led to the 1992 Los Angeles riots -- for allegedly driving recklessly while under the influence of drugs when he crashed his SUV into a house last month. "He had a sufficient amount of PCP in his system to warrant the charges," Rialto Police Sgt. Paul Wing said. On April 13, a police officer in Rialto, where King lives, saw him driving at more than 100 mph, Wing said.

Police sought misdemeanor charges Wednesday against Rodney G. King -- whose videotaped beating by police led to the 1992 Los Angeles riots -- for allegedly driving recklessly while under the influence of drugs when he smashed his SUV into a house last month. "He had a sufficient amount of PCP in his system to warrant the charges," Rialto Police Sgt. Paul Wing said. On April 13, a police officer in Rialto, where King lives, saw him driving faster than 100 mph, Wing said.

Rialto police on Wednesday filed two misdemeanor charges against Rodney King, whose videotaped beating by police led to the 1992 Los Angeles riots. He was charged with reckless driving and being under the influence of drugs when he smashed his SUV into a San Bernardino home last month. "He had a sufficient amount of PCP in his system to warrant the charges," Police Sgt. Paul Wing said. King, who lives in Rialto, is scheduled to be arraigned June 19.

Rodney King, whose videotaped beating by police led to the 1992 Los Angeles riots, remained hospitalized Tuesday after he slammed his car into a Rialto house and broke his pelvis, authorities said. King, 38, had not been cited, pending results of blood tests to determine if he was drunk, said Rialto Police Sgt. Paul Wing. The accident occurred about 11 a.m. Sunday near Pepper Avenue and Spruce Street.

Rodney G. King was sentenced Friday to one year in a drug treatment center after pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges in three cases, prosecutors said. King, whose 1991 beating by Los Angeles police officers captured international attention, entered the pleas in Pomona Superior Court to three counts of being under the influence of PCP and one count of indecent exposure. Judge Thomas Peterson sentenced King, 36, to one year at the American Recovery Center in Pomona.

For the third time in just over a month, Rodney King has been arrested, this time on Saturday for allegedly being under the influence of PCP, authorities said. King allegedly was trying to start a vehicle at around 12:26 a.m. at 9th and Parcells streets when police made contact with him, said Pomona police Cpl. Iaian Miller. King failed a field sobriety test, Miller said, and was taken to Pomona Valley Hospital for treatment and then booked on suspicion of being under the influence of PCP.

Rodney G. King, whose beating by police officers led to the 1992 Los Angeles riots, was charged Thursday with being under the influence of the drug PCP. The misdemeanor charge was filed by the Los Angeles County district attorney's office. King, 36, was arrested Tuesday in nearby Claremont after a motel clerk called police to say that a man appeared to be intoxicated or on drugs. The Altadena resident was freed on his own recognizance and ordered to appear for a hearing on Oct.