Story by Perry Smith and Jessica Boyer.
The District Attorney’s Office filed assault charges against a Newhall man arrested on a separate murder charge over the weekend, officials said.
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Robert Arvizu, 48, of Newhall, is being charged with two counts of assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury against a man in a separate, unrelated event.
He pleaded not guilty Wednesday.
That assault reportedly occurred May 23, according to a District Attorney’s Office spokesman.
Robert Arvizu remains the lone suspect in the murder of his wife, Courtney Arvizu, a 25-year-old also from Santa Clarita.
That case is still under investigation and no charges have been filed yet.
Deputies discovered Courtney Arvizu unresponsive, with injuries consistent with blunt force trauma, in her home around 2:10 a.m. Saturday.
She was declared dead at the scene.
She married Robert Arvizu in March, according to a Facebook post linked to Courtney Arvizu.
Robert Arvizu is being held in lieu of $560,000 bail in the assault case.
He’s being held at the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, according to Sheriff’s Department arrest records.
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.
If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call “Crime Stoppers” by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.
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