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LUBBOCK, Texas — A JetBlue Airways captain accused of disrupting a Las Vegas-bound flight when he left the cockpit screaming about religion and terrorists has been indicted, according to court documents posted Thursday.
A 61-year-old man who fell between 80 feet to 100 feet at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Wednesday night survived the fall almost unscathed, Las Vegas police said.
A Henderson man and his wife who died in a murder-suicide Tuesday night in their home were identified as Curt M. Jillson and Kai Chen Jillson. The Clark County coroner’s office said Curt Jillson, 51, shot his 61-year-old wife in the head. He then shot himself. The couple’s three dogs also were killed.
The Clark County district attorney’s office has recused itself from prosecuting a 63-year-old Roger T. Foley II because a relative works for the office. Foley was arrested Saturday on charges of murder with a deadly weapon in the death of Ronald Wayne Mattox and the attempted murder of Betty Mattox.
A store clerk thought William Bonaparte was a customer taken hostage by Delon Hunter, who then made off with $252. But it was nothing more than dangerous theater, police said, and the clerk wouldn’t be the last to be fooled. Police say the two men were part of a four-person crew who robbed four convenience stores in 30 minutes early Friday.
The day after a love triangle exploded and a man went missing, several pings from cellphone towers provided the clues police said they needed to unravel his disappearance. Christopher Ross and Georgene “Cookie” Ross were arrested Monday on murder charges in the death of Keith Goldberg, a 54-year-old cabdriver who went missing in January.
Jessica Warthen, a 21-year-old mother charged after her three unsupervised children were injured in an apartment fire, has pleaded guilty to one count of child abuse. She faces probation or one to six years in prison.
A national gay rights advocacy group took its state-by-state fight for same-sex marriage equality to a federal court for the first time Tuesday, filing a lawsuit in a bid to force Nevada to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry.
Two former high-ranking Las Vegas Township Constable deputies say they lost their jobs for refusing to lie to Clark County commissioners about a failed reality TV pilot showing a behind-the-scenes look at the law enforcement office.