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Doctor accused of illegally prescribing drugs

A 51-year-old general practitioner was arrested last week on more than 100 recommended charges pertaining to illegally obtaining prescription drugs, a Las Vegas police report released Monday said.

Former court service suspected of scheme with fake certificates

Police and prosecutors are launching a grand jury investigation into allegations that a former courthouse counseling service provided phony certificates stating prostitutes and other misdemeanor offenders had completed its programs.

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Reward rises to $1,000 for vandalism suspects

The reward has quadrupled to $1,000 for tips leading to the arrest of four hooded and masked figures who scaled the wall enclosing Coronado High School and vandalized the Henderson campus last month.

Man who chased taggers had history of heart disease

Like many people, Richard Hood hated graffiti. He felt it degraded the community and harmed local businesses. So when Hood chased a pair of taggers away from his newly opened banquet hall Thursday afternoon, his business partner Joan Cluberton was not surprised.

Murder charges dropped against pair in teen’s slaying

Days before the murder trial for two teenage defendants was to begin, prosecutors on Thursday dismissed the charges alleging the pair fatally shot a 16-year-old girl at an east valley bus stop in May.

Institute defends challenge to public employees’ right to serve in Legislature

The face of a conservative Las Vegas think tank’s lawsuit challenging the right of public employees to serve in the Legislature is a former Republican operative who in published reports has called President Barack Obama “corrupt” and his administration “Marxist.”

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