Shawn Davis — better known as “Chef Big Shake” — filed a lawsuit this week in Las Vegas against Wells Fargo Bank and a business adviser at a Henderson branch.
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Raul Cardoza-Lopez was sitting in his work van last March, going over estimates, when Kayla Alery approached him and fired a single shot into his neck.
Meelad Dezfooli, 31, fraudulently obtained $11.2 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
In a new lawsuit, two guests of a south Strip property say they were confined in a holding cell for around four hours by security after an altercation with another patron.
Ricky Lee Trader, 48, was linked to the crime scene by his DNA and sentenced to a 10- to 25-year prison term by District Judge Michelle Leavitt.
Hetsel Campos, 38, who had pleaded guilty to DUI resulting in death, was speeding at about 117 miles per hour when he struck a car driven by Natalie Villegas, 23.
Clark County DA Steve Wolfson said acting U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah has demonstrated an “unfitness to serve” as the two prosecutors battle publicly over the handling of a case involving an Israeli official.
A man struck at a bus stop in the west Las Vegas Valley by a driver who police say was impaired has died.
Federal prosecutors are recommending a 15-month prison sentence for a man who pleaded guilty to running an illegal sportsbook out of a Strip casino.
His defense attorney said the prosecution’s case has holes. A prosecutor said the suspect’s car contained the “literal smoking gun.”
Her lawyer said she is currently serving a sentence for Medicaid fraud in the Arizona prison system.
Prosecutors dismissed the misdemeanor charge after determining that Tarek El Moussa met the appropriate requirements, which included finishing an anger management course.
An Israeli government official was arrested in a multi-agency operation that targeted alleged “child sex predators” in the Las Vegas Valley earlier this month, according to international media reports.
A prosecutor said the suspect lived with Jesus Ayala, one of the teens accused of killing a retired police chief in a 2023 hit-and-run crash.
She is expected to serve a stipulated sentence of 18 years to life, with credit for the time she has been in custody, according to the lawyer.