A YouTuber says Burning Man, state and federal officials violated the right to free speech by blocking him and his daughter from filming the festival cleanup in 2024.
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Federal prosecutors responded Wednesday to public defenders’ challenge of acting U.S. attorney Sigal Chattah’s appointment, asserting that Chattah “is validly serving.”
A man was found guilty on two counts of second-degree murder in Clark County District Court stemming from a 2017 incident that also left three individuals hospitalized.
She was about two months pregnant with her and her boyfriend child, the boyfriend said this week.
His father previously admitted that he helped his son move Lesly Palacio’s body. Authorities have said both men then fled to Mexico.
Judge Dee Butler, during what would be the teen’s final disposition hearing, informed the court that she had already decided what his punishment would be.
The case became a rallying cry for animal rights advocates and led to a new Nevada animal cruelty law.
Prosecutors say the defendant was also speeding when he struck the car containing the man and his pregnant girlfriend.
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.
“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.
A Clark County woman said she was shot by a restaurant security officer in 2024, resulting in “serious bodily injuries,” according to a recently filed lawsuit.
Six Republicans are accused of plotting to give Donald Trump Nevada’s electoral votes in 2020, even though Joe Biden won the state.
Elias Ghanem II, 38, pleaded guilty to a wire fraud charge in February. He solicited investments in a purported cannabis and restaurants businesses, officials said.
