Lehtinen pleads not guilty to charge of first-degree attempted murder

Eric Emil Lehtinen, a Redmond man accused of injecting his 4-year-old son with heroin last month, pleaded not guilty to the charge of first-degree attempted murder at his arraignment on Oct. 10 at the King County Courthouse in Seattle.

October 14, 2013 6:32 pm
Police tape is strung in front of the house on the 14100 block of Northeast 72nd Street in Redmond where a 37-year-old man and his 4-year-old son were found and taken to area hospitals Tuesday afternoon for a suspected drug overdose.
Police tape is strung in front of the house on the 14100 block of Northeast 72nd Street in Redmond where a 37-year-old man and his 4-year-old son were found and taken to area hospitals Tuesday afternoon for a suspected drug overdose.

Eric Emil Lehtinen, a Redmond man accused of injecting his 4-year-old son with heroin last month, pleaded not guilty to the charge of first-degree attempted murder at his arraignment on Oct. 10 at the King County Courthouse in Seattle.

Lehtinen, 37, who remains in the King County Jail in Seattle with bail set at $3 million, has a case setting hearing scheduled for Nov. 14 at the King County Courthouse.

If convicted, Lehtinen could face at least 15 years in prison.

As of last week, the boy remained in Seattle Children’s Hospital, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s office press secretary.