Man Convicted of Stalking and Attempted Murder in Reno
Last Friday, a jury in Washoe County District Court convicted a forty-nine year old man of breaking Nevada stalking law as well as attempted murder, criminal anarchy and shooting into occupied homes. These charges resulted from an alleged six-year-long “domestic terror spree,” where the suspect supposedly tried to kill a female janitor.
The suspect was originally sentenced to forty-five years on these charges back in 2007. However, the Nevada Supreme Court overturned his conviction, which led to this retrial. He will be sentenced again in May.
Nevada stalking law makes it a crime to willfully engage in any kind of conduct that would cause a reasonable person to feel terrorized, intimidated, frightened or harassed. A first offense for breaking Nevada stalking law is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to six months in jail and/or up to a $1,000 fine, and a subsequent offense is a gross misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and/or up to $2,000 in fines. If the stalking also includes threats of bodily harm or death, it’s charged as a felony, carrying prison time of two to fifteen years and maybe a $5,000 fine.
