The former owner of the Alpine Motel Apartments pleaded not guilty Thursday to 27 criminal charges in a 2019 fire that left six tenants dead amid dozens of fire code violations.
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The manslaughter case against the owner of the Alpine Motel Apartments is on pause for a month, as more testimony is expected to continue in April.
Former owner Adolfo Orozco and former building manager Malinda Mier face manslaughter and other felony charges in the 2019 Alpine Motel Apartments fire that killed six people.
Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of murder in the stabbing death of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German.
Jeff German was found dead around 10:30 a.m. Saturday on the side of his home in the 7200 block of Bronze Circle, near North Tenaya Way.
German, whose work in Las Vegas spanned four decades, was found dead with stab wounds. Police say they have a suspect.
A man who was injured jumping from a window to escape the deadly Alpine Motel Apartments fire in 2019 has filed a lawsuit against the building’s former owner.
Two more wrongful death lawsuits have been filed against the owner of the Alpine Motel Apartments — the site of the deadliest residential fire in Las Vegas history.
The lawsuit comes after a judge held an investigator on the defense team in contempt of court for refusing to testify in a criminal case involving a deadly fire.
“There was no warning,” Tiacherelle Dotson said. “There was nothing. There was no time to do anything. No fire alarms, no smoke detectors. I barely had time to get out.”