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Transcripts explain death plot in case against former Las Vegas officer

A two-time felon unwittingly laid out the details of the death plot involving high-profile lawyer Nancy Quon to a man he thought was a fellow criminal, but who was really an undercover cop. Transcripts of grand jury testimony by the detective, who secretly tape-recorded his conversations with Robert Justice, shed new light on the bizarre murder conspiracy case.

Defendants in federal sting sentenced to prison

The key defendant convicted in a federal sting in which the conspirators planned a violent robbery of a non-existent cocaine stash house was sentenced Friday to more than 17 years in prison.

Police drop murder charge in stabbing

A murder charge has been dropped against a 53-year-old man arrested Sunday in the death of his roommate, according to Las Vegas police.

Man dies after shooting at restaurant

One man died after a shooting Wednesday night at a northeast valley Chuck E. Cheese’s pizzeria, Las Vegas police said.

Verdict puts Clark County on list of ‘judicial hellholes’

An unprecedented $500 million jury verdict rendered against two pharmaceutical companies in May was good enough to land Clark County on a pro-business organization’s list of “judicial hellholes” in America.

Lawyers for drugmaker ask for rehearing of state opinion

Attorneys for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals are requesting a rehearing of a Nevada Supreme Court opinion that upheld an $80.7 million award to three women who allegedly contracted breast cancer after taking a hormone drug.

Sentence nothing to spit at

Timothy Hobbs last year was sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison after he spit in his ex-girlfriend’s face. A Nevada Supreme Court panel heard oral arguments Tuesday over whether spitting meets the state’s definition of a battery and if prosecutors failed to establish Hobbs’ criminal history.

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