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Carl “Bill” Hoffman, a lawyer for the Clark County School District, has been named a U.S. magistrate judge in Las Vegas.
A man who stole more than $26 million through mining and real estate investment scams was sentenced today to more than six years in federal prison and ordered to pay his victims $23.5 million in restitution.
Las Vegas police were fired upon as they tried to pull over a reckless driver in the northeast valley Tuesday afternoon. The driver, arrested at 2:59 p.m. after a chase, could face felony charges.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. lost two motions Tuesday to rid itself of a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by the former chief executive of its Macau subsidiary, but a company attorney vehemently denied some of the more incendiary issues raised in the court case.
North Las Vegas voters will elect the city’s first female Municipal Court judge this year. Four women are campaigning for the Department 1 seat, from which Judge Warren VanLandschoot is retiring.