Giovanni Ruiz had faced the death penalty and was set to go to trial later this month in the 2019 killing of 19-year-old Paula Davis.
Courts
A man who sexually assaulted and killed a 7-year-old girl more than two decades ago was back in a Las Vegas courtroom Thursday.
Bryan Clay was formally sentenced Thursday on charges related to the murders of Ignacia “Yadira” Martinez, 38, and her 10-year-old daughter, Karla. Clay alluded to an appeal, telling District Judge Douglas Herndon, “We’re not done yet. It’s not complete.”
A former Las Vegas kindergarten teacher must serve 12½ years to life in prison for secretly keeping a 16-year-old girl in his apartment for two months.
A jury on Monday convicted Binh “Ben” Chung, a Las Vegas doctor accused of drugging and raping patients, of sexual assault and kidnapping charges.
The rape trial of a former nightclub promoter opened Tuesday in Las Vegas. In addition to the 2014 case, he has been implicated in two other sexual assault cases in Los Angeles that date back to 1997.
Melvyn Sprowson, representing himself at trial, faces the possibility of life in prison on four counts of unlawful use of a minor in the production of pornography, and one count each of first-degree kidnapping and child abuse or neglect.
Former mixed martial arts fighter War Machine shook his head Monday as a Las Vegas jury convicted him of more than two dozen charges for a vicious attack on his one-time girlfriend and another man.
Javier Righetti was convicted of first-degree murder Thursday in the 2011 stabbing death of a 15-year-old Las Vegas girl, and prosecutors plan to seek capital punishment.
Former adult film actress Christine Mackinday testified Wednesday in the rape and attempted murder trial of her former boyfriend, ousted mix martial arts fighter Jonathan Koppenhaver, also known as War Machine.
She lay bleeding on the bathroom floor of her home, a pair of teeth knocked out, her eyes swollen shut. Prosecutors say that’s when Jonathan Koppenhaver, a former MMA fighter known as War Machine, told her: “This is it. I’ve got to kill you now.”
Arbor View High School’s athletic director had his bail set Tuesday at $1.5 million in his child pornography case and now faces additional charges, including first-degree kidnapping.