A 29-year-old Stanton man pleaded not guilty Thursday to a deadly hit-and-run collision in Garden Grove three years ago.

George Nabil Wahba was charged July 24 with a felony count of hit-and-run with permanent injury. He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in the jail courtroom in Santa Ana and was denied bail.

Wahba was next due in court for a pretrial hearing in the West Justice Center in Westminster.

The crash happened about noon Aug. 11, 2022, in the 9500 block of Lampson Avenue. The victim was identified only as Conrad R. in a criminal complaint.

In a motion to deny Wahba bail, Deputy District Attorney Devin Campbell said the defendant lost his driving privileges in 2015, but kept driving and getting into crashes over the years.

Wahba “continued to have that (driving) privilege

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