Judge Dee Butler, during what would be the teen’s final disposition hearing, informed the court that she had already decided what his punishment would be.
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The Metropolitan Police Department held a briefing Wednesday about “the current and future use” of drones to fight crime in the Las Vegas Valley.
The case became a rallying cry for animal rights advocates and led to a new Nevada animal cruelty law.
According to an arrest report, detectives identified Christian Bryant as a suspect in the slaying and took him into custody. When questioned, Bryant denied trying to clean the crime scene.
Prosecutors say the defendant was also speeding when he struck the car containing the man and his pregnant girlfriend.
Robert Eglet, the attorney who won a state record $505 million verdict in May in the first trial related to the 2008 hepatitis outbreak in Las Vegas, has been named a “Lawyer of the Year” by Lawyers USA.
Las Vegas police arrested Cameron Thomas, 27, a former day care employee, Wednesday on charges of sexual assault against two girls. He is being held at the Regional Justice Center without bail pending a court appearance today.
Gov. Brian Sandoval didn’t waste any time making his first judicial appointment — or history — Thursday when he chose Jerry Tao to replace former Clark County District Judge David Wall, who resigned in August to take a position with Mainor Eglet.
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The Metropolitan Police Department held a briefing Wednesday about “the current and future use” of drones to fight crime in the Las Vegas Valley.
District Attorney Steve Wolfson said the case may be the first of its kind for his office. State law appears to be silent on the issue, he said.
“The things that happened should never happen to a child,” one victim told the judge before Derland Blake, 41, was sentenced to probation and 728 days in jail.
The defendant is an inmate in the Arizona prison system, where she is serving another sentence for Medicaid fraud, her attorney said previously.
