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Medical supplier pleads guilty in kickback scheme

Months after a federal magistrate tossed out Anil Mathur’s claims of government misconduct and refused to dismiss an indictment against him, the Las Vegas medical supplier abruptly ended his fight and pleaded guilty in federal court to a single felony count of offering and paying remuneration.

JetBlue pilot who disrupted flight to Las Vegas free to go home

A JetBlue Airways pilot who disrupted a cross-country flight headed to Las Vegas by leaving the cockpit and yelling about religion and terrorists is free to go home rather than be committed to a mental health facility, a Texas judge ruled Friday.

Suspect in strangulations draws attention from Mississippi, federal authorities

The Metropolitan Police Department’s investigation into Nathan Burkett, accused of multiple strangulations in Las Vegas, has opened eyes in Mississippi and may have caught the attention of the FBI, the Las Vegas Review-Journal learned Thursday. Las Vegas police accuse the 65-year-old Burkett of slaying two valley women, the first in 1978.

Las Vegas police Tase apparently suicidal man

Las Vegas police used a beanbag shotgun and a Taser on an apparently suicidal man who was wielding a knife Wednesday afternoon.

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