Clark County’s conviction review unit was created in 2016 and has two permanent employees.
Glen Meek
Fromer Federal Courts Reporter
The conviction review unit of the Clark County district attorney’s office has produced one felony exoneration in the six years since it was created.
Former Family Court Judge William Gonzalez and pro tem Justice of the Peace Jessica Goodey are running to become justice of the peace in Department 6.
Max Berkley is a longtime public defender; Amy Wilson has practiced criminal and civil law.
Danielle “Pieper” Chio is critical of incumbent Justice of the Peace Joe Bonaventure’s record on pretrial release of defendants.
Prosecutor Noreen DeMonte and appointed incumbent Justice of the Peace Cybill Dotson are both veteran attorneys, each with 18 years of legal practice.
Incumbent Suzan Baucum has been on the bench for a dozen years, and hopes to best public defender Rebecca Saxe for the Department 13 justice of the peace position.
The 40-year-old man pleaded guilty in connection with an internet sex trafficking sting — for the second time in four years.
Justin Venegas, 40, of Las Vegas was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury and made his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Cam Ferenbach.
Although Marty Clark, 34, of Las Vegas, was originally charged with arson, he pleaded guilty in June to a lesser charge of depredation of government property.
Prosecutors said it appeared that the 42-year-old defendant was “likely targeted as a straw buyer to feed his drug habit.”
Authorities say Vincent Okoye obtained nearly two dozen unemployment benefit debit cards from the states of Nevada and Arizona using stolen identities.
Murder suspect Robert Telles grew up in a once-powerful political dynasty in El Paso, Texas. His father was an ex-city councilman who pleaded guilty in a fraud case.
Amie Kamara was indicted by a federal grand jury in Las Vegas on Wednesday. She is charged with two counts of trafficking in counterfeit goods.
A man accused of scamming investors in a sports betting scheme pleaded not guilty Thursday morning to federal charges in the case.