Courts
At least seven gunshots were fired from Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins’ North Las Vegas property the night of July 3, according to a witness. The man said he heard two shots, and then five more were fired quickly in succession. Collins is under investigation by law enforcement for an “illegal shooting.”
Because poker star Phil Ivey made a $5,000 campaign donation to the judge who granted his divorce, the Nevada Supreme Court is considering whether judges must sit out of cases involving their contributors.
Aspiring Las Vegas stadium developer Chris Milam shouldn’t have to pay a $1.1 million fraud judgment because he didn’t understand the court proceedings that led to the decision against him, his lawyer told the Nevada Supreme Court in Carson City on Tuesday.
Federal prosecutors filed notice Tuesday that they were appealing the probation sentence Senior U.S. District Judge Kent Dawson handed out to longtime nightclub operator Steve Davidovici.
A woman was killed and a 29-year-man who knew her arrested on suspicion of murder in a shooting on the edge of town early Monday that shut down part of U.S. Highway 395 in Reno for more than seven hours through the morning commute.