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Mom: Son didn’t deserve to be shot by Las Vegas police

The mother of the man shot by Las Vegas police late Tuesday after he flashed a handgun at officers says her her son didn’t deserve to be shot. “He’s no angel,” Barbara Sprouse said, “but he did not deserve this.” Her son, 29-year-old Jason Mahe, was shot outside a Dotty’s Casino at Rancho and Vegas drives just before midnight, police said.

Animal activists object to raffling off puppies saved in pet store arson case

Animal welfare activists are “aggressively exploring” their legal options regarding the treatment of 27 puppies that survived a Las Vegas pet store fire, said Gina Greisen, founder of Nevada Voters for Animals. “We’re just doing our best to put up a fight against a huge injustice that we believe has occurred on behalf of the puppies,” she said.

Woman sentenced to prison in highway murder plot

Amy Bessey, 43, was sentenced Wednesday to more than a dozen years in prison for plotting to have her estranged husband killed in a 2012 highway shooting.

Utah man gets prison in 2013 clash with Mesquite police

A 41-year-old Utah man was sentenced to prison Wednesday in the 2013 confrontation that left a Mesquite police officer shot. District Judge Ken Cory sentenced Daniel Runyon to between 12 and 30 months in prison. With credit for jail time he’s already served, Runyon is immediately eligible for parole.

Grand Canyon Skywalk model sent to prison after fifth DUI

A Native American whose image has been used to market the Hualapai Tribe’s Grand Canyon Skywalk in northwest Arizona was sentenced to a lengthy prison term Wednesday for his fifth drunken driving-related conviction.

Nevada justices asked to make it easier to put measures on ballot

The Nevada Supreme Court was asked Tuesday to make it easier for citizen groups to put measures on the ballot by liberalizing existing rules limiting such proposals to a single subject.