GREELEY, Colo. — A man accused in the slaying of a Harlem Globetrotters trainer has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and aggravated motor vehicle theft.
The Longmont Times-Call reports (http://bit.ly/K6h5jg ) Draton Mares appeared in court Monday in Greeley. A two-week trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 15.
Mares is accused of shooting and killing 42-year-old Thomas Bashline in November, then stealing his truck. Bashline's girlfriend found the body in the bedroom of Bashline's home in Frederick.
An arrest affidavit alleges Mares told investigators he and Bashline had been in an occasional sexual relationship since 2010 and that he became angry after Bashline became verbally abusive toward him.
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