A lawyer for a man accused in what Las Vegas police described as a “thrill killing” expressed concern about the defendant’s mental health Wednesday.
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Before being named assistant city editor in September 2021, David covered courts and legal affairs for the Review-Journal. He joined the newspaper in 2014 after more than six years reporting in the Deep South, where he wrote extensively about the BP oil spill. Prior to that, he worked for newspapers, magazines and a wire service in Chicago. He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
A reputed leader of international gang MS-13 brought other high-ranking members of the group to Las Vegas in order to distribute drugs and sell guns, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
Pahrump Justice Court reopened its doors Tuesday, two weeks after shutting down because court officials had been exposed to the coronavirus.
A Family Court judge who lost her seat in the June primary has been given a reprieve from the Nevada Supreme Court.
Some of Nevada’s most high-profile attorneys launched into opening statements Friday during a trial over marijuana dispensary licenses that could take months or come to an screeching halt within days.
A man convicted of fatally shooting a Las Vegas liquor store clerk during a robbery must spend more than 70 years behind bars before he is eligible for parole, a judge decided Friday.
A man who exposed himself during last year’s World Series of Poker Main Event before being charged with posting threats against a Strip casino on social media was given probation Thursday.
The Nevada Supreme Court threw out a kidnapping conviction Thursday against a former Clark County teacher behind bars for a sexual relationship with a student.
One of the defendants charged in federal indictments against members and associates of the MS-13 gang has worked at a popular downtown Las Vegas steakhouse for 20 years.
A federal prisoner in Nevada has alleged in a civil rights lawsuit that jailers have mishandled a coronavirus outbreak at a facility in Pahrump.
A 37-year-old man was ordered to prison Monday on child sex charges in Las Vegas, while he faces a murder charge in the death of his daughter in Illinois.
A trial over new marijuana shop licenses is set to take place at the Las Vegas Convention Center because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Since judges, lawyers, plaintiffs and defendants started returning more regularly to the Regional Justice Center, at least 14 people who work at the courthouse have tested positive for COVID-19.
A Las Vegas man who practices law in California is defending a white woman charged with filing a false report with police against a Black bird-watcher in New York.
The Nevada Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned why prosecutors in Las Vegas have decided to charge some DUI suspects with murder, evoking commentary on whether race and wealth played a role.