Police arrested 31-year-old Jeremy Daniel Wicker and booked him into city jail Thursday on charges of harassment and making a terroristic threat.

Jeremy Daniel Wicker

The arrest came three days after a 21-year-old Denton woman complained to police that Wicker was stalking her.

The woman responded to an online ad allegedly placed by Wicker on Craigslist seeking a female lead singer for a Christian band. The woman told police that problems began after Wicker asked her to call him late last week to arrange an audition. She said Wicker then sent her more than 50 sexually explicit and threatening messages over the weekend.

A registered sex offender living on Fry Street in Denton, Wicker recently made a plea deal for a third-degree felony charge of online solicitation of a minor, according to court records. The victim was 14 years old.

In January, Judge Lee Gabriel signed an order of community supervision without an adjudication of guilt. Wicker agreed to five years’ probation, 160 hours of community service, a $1,500 fine and court costs.

According to Denton County court records, Wicker has received community supervision on six counts of harassment between 2005 and 2006. He also received a 180-day sentence in county jail on two more misdemeanor counts in January. He was released Feb. 1, credited with time served.

Other reports

10000 block of Pinecrest Drive, Aubrey area — An Aubrey man spent time in jail after he told deputies he hit his wife in the face with a pillow.

The woman called authorities to their home early Feb. 28 and reported that her husband had assaulted her, according to a Denton County Sheriff’s Office report. The man was arrested on an assault charge after he admitted hitting his wife with the pillow following an argument over his former girlfriend, the report says.

The incident happened before 6 a.m., when the man said he was lying on the floor of his living room, trying to sleep. He said his wife grabbed the pillow from under his head and sat down on a nearby couch, prompting him to snatch it back and strike her with it.

The woman complained that her bottom lip was bleeding and that her nose hurt. A deputy asked her if she’d accidentally bitten her lip, and she said she hadn’t.

The woman “stated she has never been hit with a pillow as hard as [her husband] struck her,” according to the deputy’s report.

The woman said her husband assaulted her in Plano two years ago, when he allegedly hit her legs several times. She said she reported that incident to Plano police but later dropped the charges, the report states.

2200 block of Brinker Road — Denton police responded to a disturbance call at a senior health care facility Wednesday after a woman reported that her uncle had grabbed her around the neck.

An investigation found that several members of a family had assaulted each other during an argument about how to care for their ailing mother, according to a police report. One woman was expected to face a charge of aggravated assault for reportedly pulling a knife on her sister and threatening to cut her.

No major injuries were reported.

500 block of West University Drive — Two teenagers were arrested on theft charges Wednesday after they were caught reportedly stealing gauze from a grocery store.

The teenagers had asked a plainclothes deputy working security where the first aid aisle was, according to a Denton police report.

The deputy arrested the suspects after they reportedly left the store without paying for the gauze, which one of the teenagers wrapped around his thumb. The total cost for the stolen bandages was listed as $8.29.

Staff Writer Lowell Brown contributed to this report.

PEGGY HEINKEL-WOLFE can be reached at 940-566-6881.

Denton County Crime Stoppers will pay a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest in these or other crimes. Callers will remain anonymous. Call 1-800-388-TIPS (8477). Reach the Denton police narcotics tip line at 940-565-5801.