A 49-year-old homeless man pleaded not guilty Monday to second-degree rape charges in an assault of a Skyway woman Feb. 27.

Michael Shawn Stanley was being held on $1 million bail in the jail at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. A case setting is March 31 at the King County Courthouse in Kent.

Stanley was also charged March 2 with first-degree burglary with sexual motivation.

Stanley, a U.S. citizen, made news in October 2013 when he cut the monitoring bracelet from his ankle and crossed unchallenged into the United States from Canada, according to charging documents.

He was convicted in Canada in 1988 of raping an elderly Edmonton woman during a home-invasion robbery, according to documents. He was convicted in 2004 of assaulting two boys, ages 9 and 13, in a bathroom.

Canadian officials decided not to extradite Stanley from Washington state.

If convicted, Stanley, classified as a Level 3 sex offender in Washington, faces a minimum prison term of 15 to 20 years and possibly life in prison.

The 69-year-old victim was familiar with Stanley because he did yard work for her last summer. He showed up at her home on South 115th Street at about 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, to ask her whether she had more work for him, according to charging documents.

She allowed him to use her bathroom. He left the house but later returned.

They fought in the bathroom. He covered her face and mouth with her hand, interfering with her breathing. According to charging documents, she decided it was better to be raped than killed.