Zaon Collins, who is now a junior at Fresno State, killed another driver, 52-year-old Eric Echevarria, in a 2020 crash.
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A Las Vegas man was sentenced to prison on Monday after bringing meth and a firearm to a meeting with his probation officer, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release.
Zaon Collins spent 56 days in jail after pleading guilty to reckless driving and vehicular manslaughter. He was sued by the family of the man killed.
The lawsuit, filed by a man now accused of murder, stems from his allegation that police conducted a warrantless search of a pickup truck he was driving.
A Las Vegas man who has prior felony convictions was sentenced to 49 years in prison for committing multiple armed robberies of businesses in Las Vegas.
The Las Vegas attorney has also been accused of plotting with felons to kill a client, an allegation he denied.
A judge has struck down federal prosecutors’ plan to pursue the death penalty in a Reno case after they said they would not seek capital punishment, then reversed course last month.
A plea deal meant Zaon Collins was not tried criminally for the crash. Collins served 56 days in jail, a sentence that upset the victim’s wife.
Robert E. Allen, 79, who was convicted in the 2003 murder of his wife at their Henderson home, died Sunday, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.
The move comes after a public defender said the judge suggested her representation of a client was tied to a non-existent sexual relationship.
A Las Vegas man is set to appear before a judge after police said he robbed patrons inside a Summerlin nail salon.
A video of the June incident showed a man attacking a woman on Rainbow Boulevard near Spring Valley Parkway.
Police said the officer fled after the crash and ‘showed several signs of impairment’ when he returned to the scene.
A Las Vegas man is claiming the Metropolitan Police Department has failed to properly address threatening behavior from his neighbor, the son of a retired high-ranking police officer.
The decision comes days after a public defender claimed the judge suggested her representation of a client was tied to a non-existent sexual relationship.