Plea agreement entered in case of criminal threats

Prosecutors are working on a plea agreement for a Huntington Beach man charged with threatening Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach.

Steven Van Arroyo, 50, is accused of e-mailing death threats to Moorlach in January and faces up to three years in prison if convicted. He was scheduled to appear in court today for a pretrial hearing.

Records show Arroyo was accused in 1999 of similar charges and was sentenced to three years of probation. On Jan. 30, Arroyo pleaded not guilty to two felony charges of making criminal threats and threatening public officials.

If the case advances to a preliminary hearing, Moorlach may be asked to testify.

— Jacquelyn Rumfola