New Haven Independent

King took time off from representing the Dixwell neighborhood after being arrested three times at the end of December for allegedly choking a woman over a dispute over a hot dog, then twice violating a protective order designed to keep him away.

King since entered a rehabilitation program.

Two months later, King, sitting alone in the back of a small hearing room on the third floor of New Haven’s Superior Court on Elm Street Monday, said he has no plans to resign his seat. How would he plea to the charges of third-degree assault, unlawful restraint and disorderly conduct for his initial arrest, as well as two counts of civil violation of a protective order? “I won’t plead guilty,” said King.

King’s attorney, John F. Buckley, said he had not yet determined how his client would plea. The case was continued to Feb. 27 without further action.