Harris was paroled in May after serving 13 years of a 30-year sentence for his 1997 attempted murder and aggravated arson convictions, Howlett said.
In that case, Harris broke into a woman’s home, raped and beat her for several hours, Howlett said. He also threatening that victim at knifepoint, cut her neck and set three separate fires in the woman’s home, Howlett said. The woman woke up with her legs on fire and suffered third degree burns.
Just three weeks before that attack, Harris had been released from prison for a 1993 armed robbery, vehicular invasion and burglary. In that case, Harris brandished a gun at a woman getting outside of her car outside her home, Howlett said.
Judge Peggy Chiampas noted how it was “particularly disturbing” that Harris kept committing heinous acts following his prison stints and lambasted him for having the “audacity” to use Perillo’s rings in his proposal.
Chiampas ordered Harris held without bail for murder and armed robbery.
