North Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Chris Lee has been named chief judge and will serve a two-year term, that began Monday.
Lee, a former county prosecutor, was first elected to a judgeship in 2009.
In the Nov. 6 elections, he lost a bid to oust District Court Judge Kerry Earley.
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A fatal shooting near a bus station occurred after the suspect demanded money from the victim, according to a police arrest report.
A man accused of shooting a man to death on the casino floor at the Aliante, fleeing, and leading police on a high-speed chase faces federal charges, records show.
A Las Vegas man already serving time was sentenced Wednesday for mailing a threatening letter to a federal judge and conveying false information and hoax.
Officers responded to the business after receiving reports that Evan Glusman texted the restaurant staff that he was “going home to get a gun and f—-ing kill them in the middle of” the restaurant.
The day before the attack, he had told the couple to speak English when they were talking to other Filipino neighbors in Tagalog.
A man with a history of mental health issues who stabbed another man 30 to 40 times in a downtown Las Vegas parking lot in 2023 was sentenced Monday by a District Court judge.
The crash occurred the morning of March 26 on South Jones Boulevard north of West Fairbanks Road, near Flamingo Road.
The mummified remains were discovered in trash bins in a storage unit in 2014. Prosecutors say the man killed the couple in 2003.
A District Court judge is accused of defying the Nevada Supreme Court and violating the Nevada Code of Judicial Conduct.
The man’s lawyer said a judge dismissed charges against his client.
