Former Strip illusionist Jan Rouven wants to back out of his plea to federal child pornography charges, but a judge said Friday that she needs to analyze evidence to determine whether he understood the possible prison sentence he could face.
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A little over a week after he was convicted of sexual assault of a minor, a former Las Vegas police Explorer is back in custody.
Prosecutors could seek the death penalty against a 47-year-old woman accused of killing three roommates six months after another murder case against her was dismissed.
A Las Vegas family court judge should have been more thorough when considering the best school interest of a child wrapped up in her parent’s divorce, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
The Clark County district attorney’s office on Tuesday released a timeline detailing its decision to throw out a murder case against Christine Sanchez — the same woman now accused of killing her three roommates.
Temogen Noguni, 38, previously pleaded guilty to for selling items stolen from Nellis Air Force Base, including smoke grenades, ammunition and bulletproof vests.
Markings on a bullet fragment did not contain enough evidence to support murder charges against two suspects in the case, a judge ruled this week.
A 32-year-old Texas man was convicted Tuesday of abducting a woman from her Las Vegas apartment and driving her to New Mexico earlier this year, a Department of Justice release said.
Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy will face a new jury on Feb. 26 on conspiracy and other charges related to an armed standoff with federal agents.
A 64-year-old Las Vegas man was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for receiving child pornography.
A former Las Vegas police Explorer was convicted Monday of sexual assault of a minor after prosecutors accused him of maintaining a yearslong sexual relationship with a teen, starting when she was 11.
Attorneys presented closing arguments and jurors began deliberations Friday in a case that defense attorneys say “dropped a bomb” on prosecutors on the first day.
The possibility of a mistrial in the Bunkerville standoff case was amplified this month after defense attorneys received a scathing memo outlining sweeping allegations of misconduct by federal investigators and prosecutors.
Two days after federal judge suggested the possibility of a mistrial in the Bunkerville standoff case, the Las Vegas Review-Journal and a group of Nevada newspapers asked to unseal documents discussed behind closed courtroom doors.
Search warrant records obtained Tuesday by the Las Vegas Review-Journal offer a peek into the massive investigation that ensued in the first few hours and days after the Oct. 1 massacre.