Rebeterano pleads not guilty to murder

SANDPOINT — A Bonner County man indicted for first-degree murder pleaded not guilty on Monday, according to 1st District Court records.

Fabian Rebeterano’s plea sets the stage for a jury trial in August. A pretrial hearing in the case is set for July 19.

Court records further show that Rebeterano’s bail was reduced from $500,000 to $50,000. Conditions of his pretrial release require him to remain in Bonner County and subject to GPS monitoring.

Rebeterano, 40, is accused of shooting Blas Salvadore Alonzo “Duke” Dias in the chest at the threshold of the man’s apartment at the Meandering Moose on Aug. 6, 2018.

Rebeterano fled on foot, sparking a seven-month Sandpoint Police investigation that culminated in Rebeterano’s indictment by a Bonner County grand jury earlier this month. In addition to the murder charge, Rebeterano is also charged with unlawfully possessing a firearm due to a felony methamphetamine possession conviction in 2016.

The indictment alleges Rebeterano shot and killed Dias with premeditation and unlawfully possessed a .22-caliber firearm.

Rebeterano’s counsel, Coeur d’Alene attorney Joseph R. Sullivan, has declined to comment on matter.

Dias, according to court documents, was awaiting trial for allegedly choking and punching a 16-year-old girl during an altercation at his apartment. Court documents identify the alleged victim in the battery as Rebeterano’s daughter.

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