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FORMER ‘IDOL’ FINALIST PLEADS NOT GUILTY

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jessica Sierra has pleaded not guilty to charges in a weekend fracas with three Tampa police officers outside a nightclub.

Sierra, a former "American Idol" finalist, is charged with disorderly intoxication, resisting arrest and violating conditions of her parole on earlier felony battery and possession charges.

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