A Reno man accused of killing and dismembering several dogs in his Reno motel room last summer faces up to 20 years in prison when he's sentenced in October.Â
Jason Brown appeared in Washoe County District Court Thursday morning to plead no contest to all seven felony counts against him; he had pleaded not guilty last November.Â
By pleading no contest the 25-year-old is not admitting – or disputing the charges. He's charged with willfully torturing and killing dogs, and two methamphetamine possession charges.Â
Brown had been scheduled to go to trial on June 22. He's been held in the Washoe County jail on $70,000 bail.
Brown was arrested in July 2014 after detectives say they found a decapitated dog and four dog heads in a small refrigerator in his Reno motel room.Â
(The Associated Press also contributed to this report.)
