Arraignment was continued to April 28 for a 25-year-old South Lake Tahoe man accused of dumping a cat litter box on a woman and threatening to kill her.
Lawyer William Cole said negotiations were ongoing between his client, Jonathan Vildosola, and the district attorney's office.
Vildosola was charged with aggravated stalking and burglary in the Jan. 28 incident.
He is accused of threatening to kill the victim, entering her Market Street apartment without permission, destroying property, battering her and a friend, restraining her, preventing her from calling 911, verbally berating her, and dumping water, cat feces and kitty litter on her head.
Deputies were called to the victim's residence at 3:30 a.m. Jan. 28 by witnesses who heard breaking glass and screaming.
Officers said Vildosola was standing in front of the apartment kicking the front door and reaching in through a broken kitchen window. His hands were covered with blood.
The victim said she and Vildosola married in July 2007 but never lived together.
On Jan. 22, she alleged the suspect followed her to a South Lake Tahoe bar where she was with friends. She said he tried several times to kiss and grab her but she spurned his advances.
The woman said she left, but Vildosola followed her home and entered the apartment without permission.
She said he tried to fight her male roommate and punched him in the eye, slapped her, forced her against a bedroom wall, threw her on the bed and pinned her down, calling her names before he left.
On Jan. 28, he broke the kitchen window from the outside before she let him in.
He grabbed her by the arms and slammed her against the bathroom wall. He picked up the cat litter box and dumped feces on her head, according to the victim.
n A 25-year-old Reno man pleaded guilty Tuesday to trafficking in cocaine.
Jose Juarez faces up to six years in prison and a $50,000 fine at his sentencing May 27 by District Judge Dave Gamble.
He is not eligible for probation.
In an agreement with the district attorney's office, the prosecution has agreed to recommend a 5-year maximum sentence.
Juarez was arrested March 19 after deputies received a tip there was a drug deal in the Sharkey's casino parking lot. Juarez walked up to deputies while they were talking to the two men identified in connection with the tip.
They found a bag containing 9 grams of cocaine.
Juarez is being held in Douglas County Jail for immigration officials.
n A 32-year-old dental assistant was referred to Western Regional Drug Court on Tuesday and may have her felony conviction dismissed if she is successful.
Angela Wallis admitted falsifying prescriptions for hydrocodone by using the names of two dentists for whom she worked. She pleaded guilty to obtaining a prescription drug by fraud.
She told District Judge Dave Gamble she became addicted to painkillers.
"I need help," she said.
If Wallis fails drug court, she faces five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
n Sentencing is set May 27 for a 34-year-old South Lake Tahoe woman who was dismissed from the state's new deferral program for felony drunk drivers.
Sherrie Lynn Moore was terminated from a long-term residential treatment program for failing to get a job, lying to staff, smoking and not attending mandatory counseling.
Her lawyer, Derrick Lopez, pointed out that she did not use drugs or alcohol.
