Man pleads in Incline Village homicide case

Joseph John Personeni

A Sonoma County man is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 22 in the December 2013 killing of an Incline Village resident.

Joseph John Personeni, 21, of Santa Rosa pleaded guilty to manslaughter. He faces one to 10 years in prison.

On Dec. 22, 2013, Christopher Elliott, 46, was found dead on his porch on Northwood Boulevard in Incline Village. According to investigators, Elliott and Personeni had been arguing and it escalated into a physical confrontation. The cause of death was blunt force trauma.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report