Brenda Jackson, an escrow officer indicted in a nationwide initiative targeting mortgage fraud, was sentenced Wednesday in Las Vegas to two years in prison. Jackson also was ordered to join her co-defendant, real estate agent Curtis Briley, in paying about $1.8 million in restitution.
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Henderson Police Chief Jutta Chambers was asked to resign Monday in a formal request from outgoing City Manager Mark Calhoun.
John David Marshall, 42, of Henderson is facing murder charges in the stabbing death of a woman whose body was found Tuesday in a burning car in northwest Arizona.
A former Colorado lawyer has admitted his involvement in a scheme to help people hide their assets from the Internal Revenue Service and has agreed to pay more than $40 million in restitution.
William S. Reed, 61, of Santa Barbara, Calif., was indicted in July with Wendell L. Waite and Richard Neiswonger, who are awaiting trial.
Federal grand jury subpoenas served on Harvey Whittemore’s employees and family members seek documents related to campaign contributions they made, as well as copies of checks to and from the politically connected lobbyist, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has learned. The records date to January 2007, and those subpoenaed have been instructed to bring them to a federal grand jury convening Feb. 29 in Reno.
A child welfare reform group has asked a federal appeals court to reinstate a lawsuit intended to overhaul Clark County’s child welfare system.
Detectives continue to investigate the slaying of a 53-year-old woman found dead Monday inside her southeast valley business. Las Vegas police said Tuesday the woman, who was not identified, was the owner of Peru Post Etc., at 3430 E. Tropicana Ave., at Tropicana Plaza Center near Pecos Road.
New charges allege that a fourth girl was victimized by a 55-year-old former pastor who has been accused of abusing girls in his storefront congregation under the guise of counseling, a Las Vegas prosecutor said Monday.
On the same day in December and only hours apart, a 10-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl used unsecured guns in their homes to shoot themselves in the head.
