South Lake Tahoe mayor goes to jail for harassment after bar altercation
South Lake Tahoe Mayor Cody Bass.
South Lake Tahoe Mayor Cody Bass will do at least 10 days in jail after he was found guilty of harassment last month.
On Tuesday, Judge Richard Glasson sentenced Bass to serve 45 days in jail, Chelsea Mazza, the chief deputy district attorney for Douglas County in Nevada, said.
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Bass will begin serving 10 days at the Douglas County Jail immediately, Mazza said. The remaining 35 days are suspended for two years, so long as Bass follows conditions of his release. He cannot visit the casino corridor between Kahle Drive and the California state line, and he must stay sober and will be subject to testing. He cannot contact the victim and must pay a fine of $1,127.
South Lake Tahoe has experienced a volatile year on the City Council.
Bass was arrested last fall after being involved in a late-night altercation with a bouncer outside of AleWorx, a bar in Stateline, Nevada, near the casinos. The incident on Sept. 25, 2025, was captured on the........
