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Man denies murder-for-hire charges

February 29, 2008 - 10:00 pm

A Nevada ex-convict denies trying to hire a hit man from his jail cell to kill a state judge, a prosecutor and a police detective handling his case.

A court spokesman said Daimon Devi Hoyt, 42, pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he solicited the slayings of Clark County District Judge Michelle Leavitt, prosecutor Sandra DiGiacomo and Detective Bradley Nickell.

District Judge Douglas Herndon scheduled trial for June 16.

Police allege Hoyt, who also uses the name Daimon Monroe, offered to pay a fellow inmate at the county jail $10,000 for each death.

Hoyt is being held on charges including burglary and theft, conspiracy and sexual assault with a minor.

The Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services campus is seen at 6161 West Charleston Blvd., ...

Residents sue over planned ‘Campus for Hope’ facility in Las Vegas

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

June 19, 2025 - 6:37 pm

Two residents who live near the site of an approved housing and resource facility want to stop construction while officials consider alternate sites, according to a lawsuit.

Steve Bannon appears in Manhattan criminal court in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo ...

SAUNDERS: How scary is it out there? Maybe World War III scary

By Debra J. Saunders / RJ

June 19, 2025 - 5:29 pm

Former Trump whisperer Steve Bannon talks with the D.C. press. The future? It’s not all hearts and kisses.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing at the White House, ...

Trump silent about Juneteenth on a day he previously honored as president

By Darlene Superville Associated Press

June 19, 2025 - 5:22 pm

On this year’s Juneteenth holiday, the usually talkative president kept silent about a day important to Black Americans for marking the end of slavery in the country he leads again.

The Clark County Detention Center at 330 S. Casino Center Blvd., is pictured, on Thursday, Apri ...

Las Vegas police re-enter jail pact with ICE

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

June 19, 2025 - 4:11 pm

The department has re-entered into an agreement with ICE that allows its jail to hold certain undocumented immigrants for an extended period of time to allow agents time to pick them up.

A new Nevada law gives families who may get split up because of a deportation order a chance to ...

New Nevada law sets up minor guardianship process in case of deportations

By McKenna Ross / RJ

June 19, 2025 - 5:38 pm

A new Nevada law gives families who may get split up because of a deportation order a chance to choose a guardian for their child.

Clark County Sheriff and Republican candidate for Nevada governor Joe Lombardo, center, meets w ...

Nevada Supreme Court rules in Lombardo’s favor in ethics case

By Jessica Hill / RJ

June 19, 2025 - 4:42 pm

The Nevada Supreme Court ordered Gov. Joe Lombardo’s ethics case back to District Court.

An uncompleted smuggling tunnel between Tijuana and Otay Mesa uncovered by the U.S. Border Patr ...

‘Highly sophisticated’ border tunnel found under California’s Otay Mesa Port of Entry

Alexandra Mendoza, The San Diego Union-Tribune

June 19, 2025 - 1:05 pm

A “highly sophisticated” drug-smuggling tunnel between Tijuana and San Diego was located and disabled by the U.S. Border Patrol, officials said.

A man holds a betting sheet as he waits in line to bet on the NCAA basketball tournament at Wes ...

Upstart prediction market leader has invaded sports betting. Here’s why it matters to Nevada

By Richard N. Velotta / RJ

June 19, 2025 - 1:12 pm

Lawmakers get involved as New York-based Kalshi’s lawsuit against Nevada gaming regulators advances on its ability to offer futures contracts investments on sports.

People watch as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stage outside Gate E of Dodger Stadi ...

ICE agents asked to leave Dodger Stadium parking lot, team says

The Associated Press

June 19, 2025 - 2:38 pm

Dozens of federal agents with their faces covered arrived in SUVs and cargo vans to a lot near the stadium’s Gate E entrance.

Smokes raises from a building of the Soroka hospital complex after it was hit by a missile fire ...

Trump says he’ll decide whether US will directly attack Iran within 2 weeks

By Sam Mednick, Natalie Melzer and Jon Gambrell The Associated Press

June 19, 2025 - 2:42 pm

The president has been weighing whether to attack Iran by striking its well-defended Fordo uranium enrichment facility, which is buried under a mountain and widely considered to be out of reach of all but America’s “bunker-buster” bombs.