A former marriage and family counselor was sentenced Monday to 25 years in federal prison for soliciting a child to have sex with him and for possessing child pornography.
David Ferrara
Assistant City Editor
Email: dferrara@reviewjournal.com
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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.
Nearly 34 years after Nancy Menke was raped and murdered, Scotty Sloan admitted his guilt for the first time to the Nevada Parole Board, which granted his release. He is scheduled to walk free in less than a month.
Another massage therapist lodged a civil complaint against Steve Wynn and his former company’s board on Thursday, just one day after another massuese made similar allegations of sexual harassment.
A former massage therapist filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday against disgraced and departed casino mogul Steve Wynn, alleging that he frequently used “his immense power to coerce (her) to perform sexual favors.”
A judge on Tuesday threw out a Czech casino owner’s counterclaims against the Aria and an Australian poker player over a multi-million dollar poker game. Lawyers for Leon Tsoukernik had alleged that he lost $3 million to a professional poker player because the casino plied him with alcohol.
Lawyers for victims of the Oct. 1 mass shooting have filed a class-action lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment, asking the concert promoter to refund the cost of 22,000 tickets to the Route 91 Harvest festival.
Former Las Vegas City Councilman Ricki Barlow pleaded guilty Monday to a felony wire fraud charge for misusing campaign funds in 2015.
Newly released transcripts from a four-month grand jury investigation reveal details about years of sexual abuse that led to criminal charges against a Las Vegas police detective.
The largest nationwide crackdown on elder fraud cases announced Thursday has links to Las Vegas and Henderson women accused of operating scams that pilfered millions of dollars from hundreds of people, the Department of Justice announced Thursday.
A suspended Las Vegas police lieutenant, a guardian and two other people pleaded not guilty Wednesday to various theft and elderly-exploitation charges.
Journalism groups have joined an effort to halt a judge’s order requiring the Las Vegas Review-Journal and The Associated Press to destroy copies of an Oct. 1 victim’s autopsy, which media lawyers argue is a public document.
Another group of Wynn stockholders are seeking legal retribution following the wave of sexual misconduct allegations against the company’s former chairman and CEO.
Attorneys presented opening statements Thursday during the trial of Janet Solander, who is accused of abusing her three adopted children.
In the swelling wake of sexual harassment allegations against former chairman and CEO Steve Wynn, a second group of shareholders filed a lawsuit Thursday against the resort company and its board of directors.
A 28-year-old man pleaded guilty Wednesday to voluntary manslaughter for a punch-and-fall death outside a downtown Las Vegas lounge.
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