RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - A court date is set for Wednesday, Sept, 17, at 9:30 a.m. for Jesse Steven Diaz, an unlicensed contractor and former owner of Battle Born Fence LLC, who was arrested on a felony warrant for theft up to $5,000 in the Nevada State Contractors Board ’s Reno office on Thursday, Aug. 28.

Diaz was at the board’s office turning in his contractor’s license application, he said.

Diaz was released on $5,000 bail on Friday, Aug. 29, according to a Washoe County Detention Facility Inmate Release Form.

The incident happened in 2023 when a Fernley woman hired Diaz to put up a fence and build gates. Diaz received a $2,500 deposit and then there was a dispute over the work, he said.

Diaz and the customer went to civil court, which ruled in her favor.

“We had a falling out and sh

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