District Judge Rob Bare released Daniel Fernandez after reviewing Justice of the Peace Conrad Hafen’s handling of the case. Bare noted that Hafen directly addressed the defendant on May 23 while Deputy Public Defender Zohra Bakhtary was handcuffed and silenced.
Fausto Barraza-Balcazar faces four counts of lewdness with a child under 14 in connection with acts involving two students at Mack Middle School.
Surveillance video from an April 20, 2016 robbery and killing at a Lee’s Discount Liquor store. Clerk Matthew Christensen, 24, was fatally shot during the incident.
Police say Antwine Hunter stole a cell phone and scanner from a Las Vegas UPS driver and ran from the scene. Hunter hasn’t walked without crutches and braces since 1999, when he was shot five times outside his Compton, California middle school in a drive-by shooting that left a fellow sixth-grader dead.
Ray Brown, Lee Murray Sykes and Lee Dominic Sykes, the three men accused of the killing of a Lee’s Discount Liquor cashier during an armed robbery on April 18, 2016, face charges of first-degree murder, burglary and kidnapping. kidnapping
Three men appeared in Las Vegas court Friday to face charges in connection with the fatal shooting of a southwest valley Lee’s Discount Liquor cashier.
A golden lion statue was found Monday morning, a day after it was stolen from an art installation on Decatur Boulevard.
Sheriff Lombardo addresses the press regarding the surge in homicides and violent crimes in the Las Vegas valley.
Homicide Lt. Dan McGrath addresses the fatal shooting at Lee’s Discount Liquor late Monday.
Soon Mo Lee, the man who plead guilty to drunk-driving in a crash that left Kamesha J’Nyah Gilmore and Gabriell Rene Thomas dead, was sentenced to 12 to 30 years in prison.
Opening statements began Wednesday in the trial of Mark Picozzi, a felon accused of impersonating a vice officer and raping two prostitutes on the Strip.
Neighbor’s video of incident with man who police say shot and killed two people and a police dog Thursday.
Terry Rogaczewski, a former paramedic, life guard, park ranger and security officer, charged with attempting to carjack two vehicles at gunpoint pleaded guilty pursuant to an offer on Monday as part of a plea deal.
Former Rancho High School teacher, Jason Lofthouse, was found guilty of kidnapping and sexual conduct between a school employee and pupil on Friday.
Zab Judah and Roy Englebrecht remain suspended by the Nevada Athletic Commission pending a disciplinary after both falsified statements on Judah’s boxing license.
Adrian Navarro-Canales, who pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder for the slaying of his mother and younger brotherto serve 32-and-a-half to 95 years in prison for the slayings.
Two years after luring a teenager into prostitution, a Las Vegas pimp was convicted Monday on 15 felony counts in connection with brutally torturing her for months.
A wild police chase involving a stolen U-Haul truck, with shots fired, through downtown Las Vegas ended at Craig Road and Clayton Street with two suspects being taken into custody and a police officer in the process.
Protesters gathered outside the Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse to voice their objection to the arraignment of Cliven Bundy, one of the key players in the Oregon standoff.
The behind-the-scenes dealing that allowed Las Vegas Sands Corp. to enter the lucrative Macau casino market was the subject of a Nevada Supreme Court hearing today — the second time in almost six years that justices have considered the matter.
Dayvid Figler graduated high school early hoping never to come back to Las Vegas. Regardless, he came back and passed the bar at age 23 in 1991.He has lived continuously in Vegas since then and has been living in Downtown Las Vegas for 16 years. He became involved in murder cases as a Special Public Defender in 1997, defending 100 plus people and many high-profile cases. In 2003, Mayor Oscar Goodman appointed him as a judge downtown. The experience changed and added to his perspective of Las Vegas, particularly downtown, for which he is now a strong advocate for its growth and stability. On the side he writes essays, participates in radio, and hosts storytelling events. He lends himself to any school or non-profit that seeks him out him out for his knowledgable familiarity with Las Vegas, having grown up there and having navigated its judicial system as a both a judge and public defender.
