A California farming town was grappling Wednesday with a profound violation of trust after learning the acting police chief and a handful of officers were charged with selling or giving away the impounded cars of poor Hispanic residents and other crimes.
Metro said Monday that its traffic officers will stop responding to minor, non-injury traffic collisions beginning on Monday as response times climb near 90 minutes. About 60 percent of the traffic accidents Las Vegas police respond to are non-injury accidents. (File, Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Armando Vergara-Martinez, 51, was the only defense witness before a state court jury found him guilty on charges of attempted murder, battery with a deadly weapon resulting in substantial bodily harm and mayhem stemming from the March 2012 attack on Maria Del Carmen Gomez.
He held the woman captive while he stole things from her home, including her van.
Former construction company boss Leon Benzer, the alleged mastermind of the scheme, and his co-defendants are waiting to be tried on conspiracy and fraud charges in the multimillion-dollar scheme, which occurred between 2003 and 2009.
District Judge Kathleen Delaney on Wednesday sentenced Ammar Harris, a self-proclaimed pimp and accused killer, to a minimum of 16 years to a maximum of life in prison for raping and robbing a woman in 2010.
A 24-year prison sentence was imposed Tuesday for a Kingman, Ariz., man convicted of second-degree murder and other charges in a drug-related July 2011 shooting.
A new North Las Vegas diversionary court helps nonviolent, 18- to 25-year-old offenders without a prior felony or gross misdemeanor conviction who are willing to complete the court’s rigorous educational, community service and drug testing program.
Las Vegas Township Constable John Bonaventura’s office tried to pressure the Clark County Election Department to list the constable’s office on the upcoming ballot just four months after county commissioners abolished the office, court records show.
