Forget the Bellagio Bandit. Bryan Hiser’s prolific criminal ways eclipse the two audacious casino heists that put Anthony Carleo behind bars last year.
Courts
Buddy the chimpanzee was sold as a pet, raised like a child and then housed like a prisoner. It took his death for people to realize what he actually was – a wild animal.
A federal appeals court has foreclosed on one avenue for financially distressed homeowners to challenge lenders.
Arturo Martinez was nearly bludgeoned to death in an April 16 claw hammer attack that left his wife and daughter dead in their home. On Thursday, he forgave the man who left him with an inch-deep indentation in the back of his head.
A former head softball coach at Silverado High School in Henderson has been indicted on multiple felony counts of sexual exploitation of a child and transporting child pornography.
A 29-year-old man convicted of murder charges for using a chain saw to cut a hole in the door of his estranged wife’s apartment before shooting her and killing her boyfriend and fetus was sentenced to death Thursday.
Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said Thursday he is recusing his office from an investigation into an illegal shooting allegedly involving County Commissioner Tom Collins.
Citing his own potential conflicts of interest, a veteran U.S. judge put on hold Thursday the criminal prosecution of Nevada lobbyist Harvey Whittemore as well as a civil battle between the political power broker and a California construction mogul with casino interests.
