Several longtime judges did not move to retain their District Court seat in this year’s election by the filing deadline.
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Nearly five months after the shooting, the Metropolitan Police Department arrested Alexander Johnson, citing new evidence showed he had misrepresented the events leading up to the shooting.
Frederick Blanche pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges in December and agreed to a long sentence.
Police said they received reports of a shooting in the 1800 block of Lewis Avenue. One man died at the scene and another died at a hospital.
Police investigated an incident in which a man was struck by a vehicle and a “blunt object” during an altercation in a Las Vegas neighborhood.
Both sides are turning up the heat in the State Bar of Nevada’s push to suspend attorney Barry Levinson over allegations he misappropriated client funds.
A North Las Vegas judge on Thursday set bail at $210,000 for a 25-year-old man who shot a police officer with a shotgun last month.
A 47-year-old man accused of raping an elderly Las Vegas woman last year was arrested in Texas last weekend.
The company that makes the sleeping pill Ambien wants a federal judge to dismiss the wrongful death lawsuit filed by relatives of Hard Rock Hotel executive Randy Kwasniewski, who committed suicide in March 2010.
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Frederick Blanche pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges in December and agreed to a long sentence.
A news release said the strike force would involve collaboration with other agencies. Attorneys offered mixed reactions.
Michael McKee, 39, was arrested Saturday by police in Rockford, Illinois, and remains in custody at the Winnebago County Justice Center, according to Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office online records.
Bryan Vargas-Caicedo previously pleaded guilty in District Court to reckless driving and, in a lower court, to misdemeanor DUI in connection with the death of 37-year-old Wesley Larsen.
