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Man guilty of killing Las Vegas mom, daughter back in court

Bryan Clay was formally sentenced Thursday on charges related to the murders of Ignacia “Yadira” Martinez, 38, and her 10-year-old daughter, Karla. Clay alluded to an appeal, telling District Judge Douglas Herndon, “We’re not done yet. It’s not complete.”

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Teen accused of rape was disciplined for sexual deviancy at age 9

Maysen Melton, accused of raping four high school classmates and sexually harassing others, had been disciplined for sexual deviancy as early as February 2011, when he was a 9-year-old student at Bracken Elementary School, prosecutors said in court papers filed this week.

 
O.J. Simpson is out and about in Las Vegas

A visit Tuesday to the community where O.J. Simpson is temporarily residing led to a chance encounter with the man affectionately known as “Juice” during his playing, broadcasting and acting days.

 
Witness in murder case hit by vehicle in downtown Las Vegas

A witness in a murder case was struck by a vehicle Monday afternoon outside the Regional Justice Center. Police announced around 5 p.m. they had taken a woman into custody in connection with the incident.

 
Semi smashes into Dennis Hof’s Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel

A man was arrested before dawn Thursday after he backed a tractor-trailer through the front gate of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel and crashed it into the building’s front door, according to authorities and the owner of the famed Nevada establishment featured in the CatHouse reality television show.

 
Training failures major cause of CCSD sexual misconduct crisis

The Clark County School District has no social media or text-messaging policies for employee-student communications and heavily relies on a vague, outdated video to educate employees about sexual misconduct, a Review-Journal investigation has found.

 
Killer testifies that woman wanted her husband dead

Jeremiah Merriweather, who has confessed to the Nov. 2010 killing of 32-year-old Joe Stutzman, testified as a key prosecution witness Wednesday in Brandy Stutzman’s death penalty trial. Should a jury find her guilty and decide on capital punishment, Stutzman would be the only woman on death row in Nevada.