Preliminary hearing set in murder-for-hire case
Las Vegas firefighter George Tiaffay and Noel "Greyhound" Stevens, the homeless man authorities said Tiaffay hired to kill his estranged wife, will face a preliminary hearing in January, a Las Vegas judge ruled Monday.
Justice of the Peace Deborah Lippis will decide at the Jan. 24 hearing whether prosecutors have enough evidence for a trial.
Tiaffay, 40, and Stevens, 37, who appeared in court shackled and wearing navy blue county jail scrubs, each face one count of murder with a deadly weapon, robbery and burglary and three counts of conspiracy.
The two men were arrested last week and charged with first-degree murder for the death of Shauna Tiaffay, 46, a Palms cocktail waitress whose body was found in her Summerlin home last month.
Authorities think George Tiaffay paid Stevens $600 to beat his ex-wife to death with a hammer. George Tiaffay was with the couple's 8-year-old daughter when they found the body at the Willowbrook Apartments, 2601 S. Pavilion Center Drive, near the intersection of Sahara Avenue and the Las Vegas Beltway.
Contact reporter Francis McCabe at fmccabe@reviewjournal.com or 702-380-1039.
