AUBURN - An Auburn woman and three young men from Brooklyn arrested in connection with an Auburn shooting last month all pleaded not guilty to multiple felonies in Cayuga County Court Thursday.

During arraignment, Leslie Jo Peltier, 52, of 238 State St., Auburn, and co-defendants Nigee Sanders, 16, Daquan Alfonz Breland, 19, and Jacquan Cleveland Breland, 19, all of Brooklyn, pleaded not guilty to first-degree attempted assault with intent to cause serious physical injury, second-degree assault with intention to cause physical injury with weapon or instrument, second-degree criminal use and possession of a firearm, second-degree criminal use and display of a firearm and fourth-degree conspiracy, all felonies.

The indictments, secured by a grand jury, correspond to a June 10 shooting the defendants allegedly committed at the intersection of Washington and Seymour streets. The Brelands are accused of exiting a vehicle driven by Peltier and using 12-gauge shotguns loaded with Remington deer slugs to fire at a group of people, superficially wounding a 31-year-old man as he ran for cover.

In separate proceedings Thursday, three of the defendants asked for a bail reduction, currently set at $25,000 cash, $50,000.

While Judge Thomas Leone granted a reduction in bail - $20,000 cash, $40,000 bond - for Peltier, as she is a resident of Auburn and owns a home, he denied such applications made by defense attorneys on behalf of Sanders and Jacquan Breland since they have no connections to the area.

Read the full report in Friday's edition of The Citizen.