Knife, pepper spray, and a child’s warning led to domestic battery conviction in Sparks

Sparks Man Convicted Of Assaulting Wife

(Sparks, NV) – A Sparks man was found guilty of beating up his wife last May 2024. City Attorney Wes Duncan said Cory Boteler was convicted of domestic battery after he brandished a butcher’s knife and threatened to stab her. Boteler lated lunged at his wife while she tried calling for help, and she subdued him with pepper spray until police arrived. Boteler was arrested in November of last year and will serve a suspended 180-day sentence, which…

Sparks man convicted of domestic battery

The Sparks City Attorney’s Office has announced that its prosecutor secured a conviction for Domestic Battery against Cory Boteler stemming from an incident that occurred on May 11, 2024.     On May 11, 2024, Sparks Police Department dispatched to a residence in Sparks, Nevada, on a report of a physical altercation between a husband and a wife.  Dispatch was advised that BOTELER had placed his hands on his wife, and she had used pepper spray aga…

Knife, pepper spray, and a child’s warning led to domestic battery conviction in Sparks

A warning from a child and a video inside a home led to a domestic battery conviction.