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Accused HOA mastermind denied second public defender

A federal magistrate has denied a request for a second publicly funded defense lawyer for Leon Benzer, the accused mastermind of the scheme to take over Las Vegas Valley homeowners associations.

Jury selection begins for Saudi accused of raping boy in Strip hotel

Jury selection began Thursday for Mazen Alotaibi, a Royal Saudi Air Force sergeant who is standing trial on charges he raped a 13-year-old boy in the bathroom of a Circus Circus hotel room on New Year’s Eve.

Man police said caused fatal accident had earlier DUI

Hans Bludau, facing felony DUI charges for a crash that killed two people early Wednesday morning, successfully completed a court-ordered DUI school after an arrest last year.