Oris Jones had pleaded guilty by mentally ill to a voluntary manslaughter charge for killing his 96-year-old father in July 2020.
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Katelyn Newberg joined the Review-Journal's investigative team in February 2025. Following two internships, she joined the newspaper staff in 2018 as a breaking news reporter and began covering courts and legal affairs in October 2021. She is a native of central Florida and a 2018 graduate of the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications.
It was the second time a mistrial has been declared for Anthony Newton, who is accused of killing and dismembering his wife’s ex-boyfriend in late 2016.
Erika Covington and Arionna Taylor were both sentenced to at least 10 years in prison for fatally shooting and robbing a man in a Caesars Palace hotel room.
Sue Fahami, the previous first assistant U.S. attorney and the former White Pine County district attorney, is now the acting U.S. attorney for Nevada.
Clarence Martin was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 49½ years for killing his baby daughter by throwing her off a balcony in 2020.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis has been in custody since he was indicted in 2023 on a charge of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang.
Alex Ghibaudo claimed that he was targeted by the State Bar and another attorney, resulting in a recent 90-day suspension of his law license.
Adolfo Orozco-Garcia, the former owner of the Alpine Motel Apartments, has reached a plea deal with prosecutors in the deadliest residential fire in Las Vegas history.
Gina Lopez was indicted on burglary and drug charges in connection with the death of a 68-year-old woman whose body was found in a mobile home freezer last year.
A judge ordered a woman to complete probation and ordered her to remain in custody until she is accepted into an in-patient treatment program to address her drug addiction.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis has previously asked a judge to dismiss a murder charge that he faces in connection with the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur.
A man convicted of killing two people at Circus Circus was sentenced on Wednesday to burglary and robbery charges in connection with the slayings.
Michael Grindrod was arrested in November and was accused of attempting to kill five puppies found in a dumpster.
The custody battle between Dylan Houston and his ex-wife’s parents resolved in December, less than nine months after the contentious family court case erupted in a violent shooting at a Summerlin law office.
Misty and Jeffery Scanlan pleaded guilty to charges of child neglect or endangerment after they were arrested in April and accused of keeping an 11-year-old boy in a cage.