IN BRIEF
ONE KILLED
Bail set for man held in shooting at party
Bail was set in Las Vegas Justice Court on Thursday for a 21-year-old man accused of opening fire at a party early Sunday, killing one person and wounding five others.
Justice of the Peace Karen Bennett-Haron set bail for Eric Sandoval at $500,000 and ordered him placed under house arrest if he makes bail.
Authorities said Sandoval fired a shot at a party near Alexander Road and Durango Drive after a fight broke out. The shot killed 19-year-old Nester Lee, who was a friend of Sandoval's.
Sandoval also fired into a vehicle before fleeing the party, wounding five people including a 14-year-old, Las Vegas police said.
All those wounded are expected to live.
NOT GUILTY PLEA
L.A. doctor faces more charges in sex case
A Los Angeles doctor who is the son of Bermuda's premier has been charged with sexually abusing four more patients.
The charges were announced Thursday for Dr. Kevin Antario Brown, who now faces 33 counts on allegations of molesting 12 patients. His father is Bermuda Premier Ewart Brown.
District attorney spokeswoman Jane Robison said the charges include forcible rape, lewd act upon a child and sexual battery. Brown has pleaded not guilty to all counts.
Brown was arrested July 8 and initially charged with sexually molesting a female patient and a female undercover police officer who posed as a patient.
Brown's attorney did not respond to calls seeking comment.
THREE-YEAR INVESTIGATION
Three Las Vegans found guilty in drug ring
Three Las Vegans facing federal charges for their roles in a drug ring that distributed methamphetamine from Nevada to Hawaii were found guilty this week and face a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison, an official with the U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii said Thursday.
Benjamin Acuna, Anabel Valenzuela and Eddy Olguin were found guilty of conspiracy to distribute and possess 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Federal officials said the trio operated a drug ring from 2002 to 2005 and shipped thousands of pounds of the drug from Nevada to Hawaii.
Federal officials said Acuna and Valenzuela, who are married, spearheaded the operation, while Olguin assisted in its day-to-day operations.
The jury ordered Acuna and Valenzuela to forfeit $8 million to the government, which prosecutors said reflected a conservative sum of the organization's illegal profits. Acuna and Valenzuela also will forfeit five properties in Las Vegas.
The federal jury verdict was a culmination of a three-year investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration and Internal Revenue Service. Twenty-one people have been convicted on federal drug charges in connection with the drug ring.
INVESTIGATION WAGED
Officials say shooting victim was fugitive
A man shot and killed by Mineral County sheriff's deputies was a fugitive from North Dakota who failed to report to prison after being convicted of stealing and transporting weapons, a federal attorney said Thursday.
Drew Wrigley, the U.S. attorney for North Dakota, said Kelly Stenstrum, 31, died in Hawthorne "as a result of contact with law enforcement."
The Nevada Department of Public Safety, which is handling the investigation, did not immediately identify the man killed Tuesday during a confrontation with deputies.
Authorities allege the suspect committed four home burglaries in Mesquite, where he stole a Cadillac and headed north on U.S. Highway 95.
He was stopped by a Highway Patrol trooper, but fled into Hawthorne, where he took off on foot.
Daniel Burns, spokesman for the state public safety agency, said two Mineral County deputies were involved in the shooting. The deputies' names were not immediately released. No officers were injured.
Burns said the suspect had a weapon in his hand but did not fire it.
Stenstrum was sentenced in July to nearly three years in prison after pleading guilty in April to three felony charges.
The U.S. Marshals Service said Stenstrum in August failed to report to a New Jersey prison.
