A change in Nevada law has allowed the Las Vegas Justice Court to establish it’s own mental health court, replicating an existing program in District Court.
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Four teens arrested in connection with the fatal beating of a Rancho High student have been formally charged with second-degree murder. Also, about 100 people remembered the teen during a vigil.
A graduation ceremony celebrated 22 people who completed a diversion program for those who need help with mental health or substance abuse.
Telles, who is accused of killing Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, said Thursday that he was under surveillance in a bribery investigation before he was arrested on a murder charge.
Prosecutors have dropped charges against a man who spent decades in prison after he was convicted of acting as a getaway driver in a bank robbery that ended in a FBI agent’s death.
A woman suffering from “locked-in syndrome” was awarded $47 million by a jury this week, although her lawyer said a Nevada law will severely limit the amount of money she will receive.