A 38-year-old military police officer allegedly got drunk at a bar before getting behind the wheel and killing a La Mesa police officer in an alleged DUI crash last week, prosecutors said Thursday.

Antonio Abel Alcantar, a U.S. Navy master-at-arms with 11 years of service, pleaded not guilty to one count of murder and one count of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated during an arraignment hearing in San Diego Superior Court. A special allegation of causing great bodily injury was added to the latter charge.

Investigators said Alcantar had a blood-alcohol level of 0.16% — two times the legal driving limit — after the Toyota Camry he was allegedly driving struck La Mesa police Officer Lauren Craven on Oct. 20. Craven, 25, who was on duty at the time, had pulled over on Interstate

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