Judge Dee Butler, during what would be the teen’s final disposition hearing on Wednesday, informed the court that she had already decided what his punishment would be.
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The Metropolitan Police Department held a briefing Wednesday about “the current and future use” of drones to fight crime in the Las Vegas Valley.
The case became a rallying cry for animal rights advocates and led to a new Nevada animal cruelty law.
According to an arrest report, detectives identified Christian Bryant as a suspect in the slaying and took him into custody. When questioned, Bryant denied trying to clean the crime scene.
Prosecutors say the defendant was also speeding when he struck the car containing the man and his pregnant girlfriend.
A DUI suspect accused of fatally injuring a motorcyclist told investigators that he had five to six beers hours prior to the crash, police said.
Prosecutors had asked that Rainier Jefferson, 37, be found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Mallery Armijo.
District Attorney Steve Wolfson said the case may be the first of its kind for his office. State law appears to be silent on the issue, he said.
Authorities on Tuesday identified a Las Vegas motorcyclist who was killed Friday by a suspected impaired driver.
The Clark County coroner’s office identified a man who was killed during a fight in Las Vegas.
A man who Las Vegas police allege was fatally stabbed by a roommate in a central valley apartment has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
“The things that happened should never happen to a child,” one victim told the judge before Derland Blake, 41, was sentenced to probation and 728 days in jail.
Marcella Patterson, 42, was booked into the North Las Vegas jail on suspicion of three felony charges, including open murder.
The defendant is an inmate in the Arizona prison system, where she is serving another sentence for Medicaid fraud, her attorney said previously.
A CCSD high school teacher is accused of having a sexual relationship with his student during which the two exchanged nearly 20,000 sometimes explicit text messages, according to police records.
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The Metropolitan Police Department held a briefing Wednesday about “the current and future use” of drones to fight crime in the Las Vegas Valley.
District Attorney Steve Wolfson said the case may be the first of its kind for his office. State law appears to be silent on the issue, he said.
“The things that happened should never happen to a child,” one victim told the judge before Derland Blake, 41, was sentenced to probation and 728 days in jail.
The defendant is an inmate in the Arizona prison system, where she is serving another sentence for Medicaid fraud, her attorney said previously.
