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North Las Vegas Municipal Court criticized over costly case holds

District and Justice court officials are complaining about North Las Vegas Municipal Court placing holds on cases, which hurts the city’s bottom line and could lead to the improper prosecution of potentially unfit defendants.

Man sentenced in federal court for Las Vegas-area smog check scheme

With the help of federal prosecutors, a former emission control inspector got a lighter sentence Thursday stemming from his conviction in a family-run scheme to submit phony test results to the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles.

Remains of Vietnam vet missing since 1980 found in Northern Nevada

Northern Nevada sheriff’s deputies are investigating the suspected murder of a highly-decorated Vietnam vet whose remains were found in a septic tank near Virginia City almost 34 years after he disappeared.

Man gets 35 years to life for school bus stop sexual assault

Richard Schlacta won’t get out of a Nevada prison until he’s in his mid-80s, if at all, a Clark County District Judge assured on Thursday. The 49-year-old was sentenced to 35 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl on her way to her school bus stop one early August morning.