A former Las Vegas police officer was sentenced Thursday to a year in prison for using excessive force during the arrest of a woman he suspected was a prostitute.
David Ferrara
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Assistant City Editor
Email: dferrara@reviewjournal.com
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Before being named assistant city editor in September 2021, David covered courts and legal affairs for the Review-Journal. He joined the newspaper in 2014 after more than six years reporting in the Deep South, where he wrote extensively about the BP oil spill. Prior to that, he worked for newspapers, magazines and a wire service in Chicago. He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
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