Suspected members of the boogaloo movement pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges in an alleged conspiracy to cause violence during Black Lives Matter protests.
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Legal observers and their attorneys gathered Thursday to dispute allegations from Sheriff Joe Lombardo that the observers provoked their own arrests at a weekend protest.
In a rare move, the alleged Las Vegas extremists were charged by two separate grand juries with conspiracy to cause violence at Black Lives Matter protests.
Sheriff Joe Lombardo said his officers made “several” dispersal orders over the weekend as protesters moved toward Interstate 15 before a group of legal observers were arrested on the Strip.
The hearing came as an arrest report obtained by the Review-Journal shows the men also had plans to “destroy” federal buildings, including a Lake Mead Recreational Area fee station.
A man accused of setting fire to a Las Vegas police vehicle during a Black Lives Matter demonstration must not participate in any protests for a month, a judge ruled.
A 20-year-old man accused of shooting Las Vegas police officer Shay Mikalonis apparently fired two more shots after Mikalonis was injured, a prosecutor said Friday.
Prosecutors told a judge on Thursday that the suspect, Edgar Samaniego, admitted to firing his gun outside Circus Circus but said he was intending to scare off protesters.
A 20-year-old man charged with shooting and gravely wounding a Las Vegas police officer near the end of a Black Lives Matter protest was ordered held without bail Wednesday.
The Metropolitan Police Department defended its decision to hold people arrested last Friday during a Black Lives Matter protest in jail on misdemeanor counts requiring cash bail.