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Prosecutors tell state Supreme Court that Desai is faking it again

Dipak Desai is once more faking the extent of his strokes and there is no need to delay his criminal trial to examine questions about his competency, prosecutors told the Nevada Supreme Court on Wednesday.

Sands’ attorneys try to pinpoint changes in ex-consultant’s story

Richard Suen spent Wednesday afternoon on the witness stand recounting more aspects of his consulting work for Las Vegas Sands Corp. as the company’s lawyers again tried to highlight more perceived changes in his story.

Las Vegas Sands attorneys strive to discredit Suen

Las Vegas Sands Corp. attorneys’ push Tuesday to discredit former consultant Richard Suen’s credibility highlighted perceived discrepancies with past testimony over matters such as a business plan with an acrylic cover and the meaning of the word “contact.”

Three indicted in theft ring

Three Cuban immigrants were indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday in connection with what authorities call a major theft ring that stole drugs and high-quality merchandise from delivery vans and warehouses around the valley.

DA on emails: Ex-Boulder City police chief did not commit a crime

Former Boulder City Police Chief Thomas Finn did not commit a crime in the case involving requests for emails about a motorcycle gang gathering in Boulder City last year, the Clark County district attorney’s office said Tuesday.

Former North Las Vegas corrections officer indicted

A federal grand jury has indicted a former corrections officer in what authorities say was a case of excessive force more than four years ago at the now-closed North Las Vegas Detention Center.

Jury selection suspended in Desai trial

District Judge Valerie Adair on Tuesday suspended jury selection for two days in the criminal trial stemming from the 2007 hepatitis C outbreak.

In tweets, father dedicates life to memories of his dead children

Christopher Serra is asking his children to forgive their mother. Siblings Hope, 11, and Cory, 9, died Friday after their mother, Hae Chong Serra, 40, stabbed them inside the family’s southwest Las Vegas home. The mother then turned the knife on herself, committing suicide.

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