Both sides battle on witness tampering bond total

Prosecution and defense are duking it out simultaneously on amending the bond of a defendant accused of witness intimidation.

Trial is set for April 4 at 9 a.m. for Edwin Diaz, 34, of Odebolt, who has entered a plea of not guilty to multiple felony charges after he was arrested on a drug charge and subsequently is accused of allegedly getting a witness into a vehicle with him another defendant, Amy Hartwig, and then refusing to let the witness go until she signed a statement taking the blame for the drug offense with Hartwig videotaping the witness.