A retired Metropolitan Police Department detective was indicted Friday on a first-degree murder charge in what prosecutors described as the execution-style killing of her former son-in-law.
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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 Las Vegas lawyer was indicted in what authorities described as a scheme to sell nearly two billion shares of a worthless penny stock for profit.
A federal judge in Las Vegas sentenced a woman to 18 months in prison Wednesday for her role in stealing more than $2 million in tax refunds from the IRS.
A lawyer was swindled out of $1.5 million after authorities said she responded to a flyer for “Psychic Readings” she found on the door of her Las Vegas home.
A 32-year-old man was sentenced to prison Tuesday for a DUI crash that left another man dead last fall.
A former attorney and IRS agent was convicted this week by a federal jury in Las Vegas of failing to pay more than $500,000 in federal income taxes.
The sentence stems from a plea deal in which the 38-year-old suspended attorney pleaded guilty to a count of possession of a telecommunication device by a prisoner.
Linette Warrichaiet, 44, faces one count of murder for allegedly drowning her daughter, Kiersten Linette Boedicker, on Saturday afternoon.
The Nevada Commission on Judicial Selection started accepting applications Monday for a judgeship left open by the retirement of Douglas Smith.
Prosecutors say Cristina Guadalupe Moya fatally stabbed her 2-year-old son then tried to kill herself because she was distraught over a breakup with the boy’s father.
A judge set bail at $50,000 on Thursday for a a physical education teacher after police said he spit on an officer outside a bar in the southeast valley.
Five of the victims hit by gunfire on March 25 on San Miguel Avenue, near Coleman Street, were students at Cheyenne High School.
A Las Vegas man who robbed three stores at gunpoint in a month was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison on Monday.
A longtime Las Vegas lawyer is accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend before killing himself last week in a rural California county about 70 miles southwest of Lake Tahoe.
One day, Dustin Lewis and Margaux Ornelas were living in a tent on the desert floor. Overnight, authorities say, they had a fortune: nearly $2.2 million worth of luxury watches.