BOISE, Idaho — Former Caldwell police sergeant Ryan Bendawald, 41, will be heading to trial after he pleaded not guilty to eight federal charges in U.S. District Court in Boise on Thursday morning.

A grand jury indicted Bendawald on three counts of deprivation of rights under color of law and five counts of federal program bribery earlier in October. Prior to appearing in Idaho, he was arrested in Tennessee, where he has been living.