Police are investigating an incident in which a man was struck by a vehicle and a “blunt object” during an altercation in a Las Vegas neighborhood.
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Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield was ordered held without bond at his first court appearance Wednesday, a day after turning himself in to face charges of child sex abuseBusfield has vowed to fight the charges.
A news release said the strike force would involve collaboration with other agencies. Attorneys offered mixed reactions.
The Nevada Department of Corrections announced two inmate deaths on Wednesday: one at Southern Desert Correctional Center and one at High Desert State Prison.
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.
Nevada’s Supreme Court has taken up an appeal of a judge’s decision to declare the state’s medical marijuana law unconstitutional. The high court last week asked for a full briefing by Clark County prosecutors and defense attorneys about the law, which District Judge Donald Mosley called ” absurd” and “ridiculous.”
The Justice Department has filed lawsuits in five cities, including Las Vegas, seeking injunctions against the company that operates Instant Tax Service and against five franchise owners. The complaints allege ITS Financial franchisees file fraudulent tax returns to maximize customers’ refunds and extract large fees from customers’ refund checks.
The Nevada Department of Corrections has reached an agreement with an Orthodox Jewish inmate who claimed prison officials were refusing to serve him kosher meals. Corrections officials agreed to obtain rabbinic kosher certification of food prepared for class members “and demonstrate an ability to maintain such certification.”
Miranda Du, who arrived in the United States as a Vietnamese refugee when she was a youngster and who eventually became partner in a Reno law firm, was confirmed as a federal judge for Nevada on Wednesday. The U.S. Senate voted 59-39 to approve Du, 42, to the lifetime appointment.
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Christian Moniz Rabino was sentenced to no more than five years’ probation after he pleaded to involuntary manslaughter in the death of Kai Tesoro.
The fourth grade teacher told police that he had a crush on his student and gave into his urges to touch the boy by grabbing his genitals, according to his arrest report.
A man accused of stealing a construction vehicle from a worksite in Henderson and ramming it into two police SUVs earlier this month was appointed a public defender on Tuesday.
Antwone Washington was a coach and campus security officer before he was accused of having a sexual relationship with a student.
