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Two vacancies on the federal bench in Nevada have been declared “judicial emergencies” by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, and more openings are expected within the next year.
A high-speed car chase that began on a rural stretch of highway Sunday afternoon ended with a trooper firing her weapon in a parking lot near a Laughlin resort, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
The video that shows a Henderson police sergeant repeatedly kicking a man who was suffering a diabetic episode during a 2010 traffic stop sent shock waves across the valley.
A District Court judge declared the state’s law allowing medical marijuana distribution unconstitutional on Friday, calling it “ridiculous” and “absurd.”
Victoria Villegas, a veteran Clark County prosecutor under federal scrutiny, has been fired. “She’s no longer with our office,” District Attorney Steve Wolfson said Friday.
Federal prosecutors are pressing ahead with a new round of plea deals in the far-reaching investigation into the unlawful takeover of Las Vegas Valley homeowners associations.
A school police officer drew his gun on a 15-year-old student Wednesday after an altercation at Green Valley High School in Henderson.
Federal authorities have indicted Clark County employee Erik Holman on 15 counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and aiding and abetting. According to a Dec. 21 indictment, Holman and a co-conspirator are accused of embezzling thousands of dollars over a four-year period from a company that insured motorists.
An investigation of motorcycle gang violence led to the arrests of 11 suspects Wednesday in various northwest Arizona communities and in Southern Nevada.
Roger Randolph, 29, was convicted of first-degree murder Wednesday for the 2008 slaying of former Olympic boxer Rhoshii Wells, a 31-year-old father of five and a bronze medal winner at the 1996 Olympics.
