Northwest Academy and its married owners first made headlines in 2019, as Nye County deputies investigated reports of abuse at the Amargosa Valley school.
Courts
Participants in the 8th Judicial District Court’s felony DUI program have struggled to pay the cost of participation in the specialty court during the pandemic.
An investigator working for the Alpine Motel Apartments owner’s defense team was found in contempt of court Tuesday after refusing to testify during a preliminary hearing.
One of three people charged in a series of apparently random shootings in Henderson and Arizona on Thanksgiving appeared in court Tuesday via videoconference.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the conviction of a Las Vegas man serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for his role in supplying drug addicts and dealers with powerful opioids.
A pair of Canadian nationals are accused of defrauding thousands of “elderly and vulnerable victims” and collecting the proceeds in Las Vegas, the Department of Justice announced.
A 60-year-old was sentenced in Las Vegas federal court on Tuesday to a year and a day in federal prison after causing about $256,000 in losses to the IRS, the Justice Department said.
Lawyers for UFC President Dana White have filed court papers seeking to dismiss a lawsuit that revealed he was an extortion victim.
Lawyer Brian Christopher Padgett, 47, who also served as chief executive officer of a troubled Nevada cannabis company, has been charged with writing $400,000 in bad checks.
Nitia Hall filed the lawsuit June 25 in Clark County District Court. Her child, who has an intellectual disability, went missing in 2018 from Fremont Middle School in Las Vegas.
The supervisor of a Nevada drug testing facility pleaded guilty to soliciting and accepting bribes to report false negative tests, according to the Department of Justice.
The Nevada Supreme Court has denied a petition to free vulnerable and elderly state prisoners because of the coronavirus.
A preliminary hearing in the criminal case against retired Las Vegas tourism boss Rossi Ralenkotter and three others has been delayed for a second time.
The man accused of killing a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper was obsessed with COVID-19, according to people who interacted with him before the deadly shooting.
Prosecutors added several new charges Friday against the man accused of raping and killing UNLV student Paula Davis.