A change in the court calendar approved by the Clark County Commission takes effect in January.
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Officials said a member of an international criminal enterprise was sentenced in Las Vegas to more than three years in prison for his role in a bank fraud scheme.
Andrew Hsieh claimed that as his brother’s behavior worsened, he began to plan “quiet trips” for Tony to leave Park City and “be away from the people who were exploiting him and enabling his continued decline.”
Deputy Public Defender Rebecca Saxe has won the race for Justice Court Department 13, replacing incumbent Justice of the Peace Suzan Baucum.
A man convicted of fatally shooting his teenage son was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with the possibility of parole.
A judge sentenced a woman on Thursday to life in prison with the possibility of parole for killing her 7-year-old son, whose body was found on a hiking trail near Las Vegas.
Murder suspect Robert Telles gave a jailhouse interview Friday but refused to answer questions about the killing of Review-Journal reporter Jeff German.
Michael Burdick faces a charge of failing to stop at the scene of an accident involving death in connection with a hit-and-run crash that left a 6-year-old boy dead.
An assemblyman stole thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from Las Vegas’ Ethiopian community, according to grand jury transcripts.
Wealthy real estate broker Scott Gragson has reached a confidential settlement with a passenger injured in the May 2019 DUI crash.
District Court will now allow protective orders, also known as restraining orders, to be filed online in order to make the process safer for those suffering from domestic violence.
The state’s top doctor said he could not give an opinion on the effectiveness of a never-been-tested combination of drugs intended to execute Zane Floyd.
“No human being should be exposed to the terror and agony of not being able to breathe,” said Dr. Mark Heath, an anesthesiologist.
A Las Vegas business executive pleaded guilty Tuesday to a voting fraud charge related to the 2020 election.
David Alan Cohen, 59, was found guilty of possession, and receipt or distribution of child pornography after a three-day jury trial in November, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.