John Dabritz, 67, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Tuesday for the ambush shooting last year of Jenkins near Ely.
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In exchange for John Dabritz’s plea of “guilty but mentally ill,” White Pine County prosecutors have pulled capital punishment off the table.
The deal protects the defendants from prison time and reduced a long list of felony counts to a handful of charges typically reserved for minor crimes.
Members of George Floyd’s family joined attorneys Thursday in Las Vegas as they announced a lawsuit against police officers involved in the 2019 death of Byron Williams.
Marcel and Patricia Chappuis originally faced 45 counts each of child abuse or neglect — a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
The latest Nevada lawsuit fits a pattern of sexual harassment allegations that have surfaced in recent years against the well-known sports entertainment company.
Northwest Academy and its married owners first made headlines in 2019, as Nye County deputies investigated reports of abuse at the Amargosa Valley school.
An attorney for the owners of a now-shuttered boarding school at the center of a child abuse case said they are close to reaching a plea deal with Nye County prosecutors.
An Ely judge has ruled that there is enough evidence for John Dabritz to stand trial in the March shooting death of Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. Ben Jenkins.
The 20-year-old man accused of shooting and critically wounding Las Vegas police officer Shay Mikalonis will stand trial, a judge ruled Thursday.
A drunken driver convicted of second-degree murder was sentenced to 51 years in prison for causing a fiery crash in 2018 that killed three Las Vegas teens.
Kody Harlan, 19, and Jaiden Caruso, 18, were found guilty in August of murder and robbery with a deadly weapon in connection with the death of Matthew Minkler.
Two brothers were sentenced Wednesday for their roles in storming into a Lee’s Discount Liquor store in 2016 in southwest Las Vegas and gunning down a clerk.
“My name was killed when he died,” Albert Rossi said of his son and namesake, Albert “A.J.” Rossi. “I waited 29 years for him, and he was stolen from me.”
The drunken driver who caused a fiery crash last year that killed three Las Vegas teens was convicted Tuesday by a California jury of second-degree murder.