A 36-year-old man accused of spitting into a Las Vegas police officer’s mouth and eyes and telling her “I hope you enjoy the hepatitis C” is facing charges that carry a possible sentence of 10 years to life in prison, according to an indictment handed down Wednesday.
An Indian Springs man pleaded guilty Wednesday to violating the Endangered Species Act for his role in a 2016 break-in at a water-filled cavern in Nevada that is home to one of the world’s rarest species of fish.
Federal prosecutors in California say a professional poker player has admitted he bilked investors out of more than $6 million in a Super Bowl and World Cup ticket-flipping scam.
A tattoo-faced man who legally changed his name to Pirate must spent up to five years behind bars for a sex crime he committed more than 14 years ago.
A judge in Kingman, Arizona, rejects defense’s request to lower bail, deeming Matthew Wright of Henderson a danger to the public and questioning his mental stability.
Both states use lethal injection to impose the ultimate punishment, but that’s where the similarities end. Since 2012, Texas has used a single barbiturate to end inmates’ lives while Nevada wants to use an untried three-drug “cocktail.”
In letters to elected officials, Matthew Wright of Henderson uses a phrase popular among followers of QAnon, a murky online conspiracy plot that casts Trump as the hero in a campaign to topple evil, left-wing global elites.
After Nevada’s second failed attempt to execute two-time convicted murderer Scott Dozier, his lawyer spent about an hour with him at Ely State Prison.
A drug company’s lawsuit halted the Wednesday night execution of condemned killer Scott Dozier.
Residents are focused on other issues, she said, such as rising utility costs and a requirement to show identification at the landfill. The planned execution of a convicted murderer is secondary, she said.
