After undergoing a mental health evaluation earlier this month, Christian Lentz was found competent to face hate crime charges after he was accused of attacking his neighbor.
Katelyn Newberg
Katelyn Newberg began covering the courts and legal affairs for the Las Vegas Review-Journal in October 2021. Following two internships, she joined the newspaper staff in 2018 as a breaking news reporter. She is a native of central Florida and a 2018 graduate of the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications.
Two defendants who pleaded guilty to their role in torturing and killing a man in the Nye County desert have been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole.
Former Clark County prosecutors say that someone involved in fatally shooting hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur could still face murder charges, even if they weren’t the person who pulled the trigger.
Spencer McDonald was indicted by a grand jury on Friday on three murder charges and a count of attempted murder, court records show.
Prosecutors have dropped all charges against a man accused of fatally shooting his cousin in a Summerlin restaurant in 2021.
The Review-Journal objected to a closed-door hearing between prosecutors and Robert Telles to disclose discovery information because it was unclear if the file contained newsgathering materials from slain reporter Jeff German.
One of two men who had previously faced capital punishment in connection with a 2017 double homicide was sentenced to prison.
Zachary Sanns was photographed heavily armed and with a visible Nazi tattoo at a Black Lives Matter protest in May 2020.
Former police Detective Lawrence Rinetti pleaded guilty to four felonies stemming from his relationship with a stripper.
Matthew Mannix, 35, appeared in court on Monday after he was formally charged last week in connection with an alleged hostage situation at Caesars Palace.
A federal grand jury in Las Vegas found a police officer guilty of stealing more than $164,000 in three casino heists.
Jurors heard closing arguments in the trial of Caleb Rogers, a police officer accused of stealing more than $164,000 in three casino robberies.
A 57-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to at least a year in prison for selling drugs to a pregnant woman who died of an overdose in December 2021.
Chael Sonnen, a former UFC fighter, has reached a plea deal with prosecutors after he was accused of attacking multiple people at a Four Seasons hotel in December 2021.
A sentencing hearing for a woman arrested on suspicion of seven DUIs was delayed Wednesday.