Suspect pleads not guilty to stealing Robert Allenby’s credit cards
A 32-year-old Salt Lake man Tuesday denied stealing credit cards from Australian golfer Robert Allenby and running up charges amounting to $20,000.
Owen Harbison pleaded not guilty to second-degree identity theft, second-degree attempted theft and unauthorized possession of confidential personal information at his Circuit Court arraignment.
Trial will begin the week of April 20 before Circuit Judge Glenn Kim.
He is being held on $100,000 bail.
Police said Harbison, who listed an Ala Napuaa Street address when he was booked Feb. 11, had used three credit cards to charge $20,000.
Police are continuing to investigate what happened to Allenby after leaving Amuse Wine Bar on the night after he missed the cut in the Sony Open.
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Detectives also said Allenby was not in Club Femme Nu in the early morning of Jan. 17 when his wallet, credit cards, cash and phone were taken.
The pro golfer has said he was beaten, robbed and thrown from the trunk of a car. He later said he was told that by a homeless woman who helped him escape from a park.
Allenby also said had no memory of what happened during a 2 1/2 -hour period from leaving the restaurant to waking up in a park that turned out to be no more than a block away.