Jury selection began Tuesday in the government’s case against Taylar Nuevelle, accused of breaking into the home of a Washington, D.C., Superior Court magistrate judge and stalking her through voluminous text messages and e-mails.

Magistrate Judge Janet Albert, who presides over child abuse and neglect cases, ended a one-year relationship with Nuevelle in September 2008. A grand jury in April indicted Nuevelle on charges of burglary with the intent to stalk and with misdemeanor stalking. (In May, Nuevelle pleaded not guilty to the charges.)