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Man guilty of killing Las Vegas mom, daughter back in court

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.”

 
Teen accused of rape was disciplined for sexual deviancy at age 9

Maysen Melton, accused of raping four high school classmates and sexually harassing others, had been disciplined for sexual deviancy as early as February 2011, when he was a 9-year-old student at Bracken Elementary School, prosecutors said in court papers filed this week.

 
Killer testifies that woman wanted her husband dead

Jeremiah Merriweather, who has confessed to the Nov. 2010 killing of 32-year-old Joe Stutzman, testified as a key prosecution witness Wednesday in Brandy Stutzman’s death penalty trial. Should a jury find her guilty and decide on capital punishment, Stutzman would be the only woman on death row in Nevada.

 
Woman sentenced for stealing $35,000 watch and hiding it

A 27-year-old woman was given probation Tuesday for stealing a man’s $35,000 Rolex Presidential watch and hiding it in her vagina during a naked massage.