Tony Hsieh’s former attorney claimed in court documents that text messages she received from the late Zappos CEO’s father indicate his family did not believe Hsieh was struggling with drug use around the time of his death.
Katelyn Newberg
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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.
A Las Vegas judge delayed a trial that was set to begin this month for a woman accused of driving her car onto a sidewalk, killing one person and injuring dozens.
He is accused of brandishing a gun at the valet employees on Jan. 28, 2022, and then driving away from the casino before he was arrested at a nearby gas station.
A Las Vegas man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping his wife and children was also accused of attempting to hire a hitman online to kill or kidnap his wife.
A grand jury has indicted former Raiders player Damon Arnette on an assault and weapons charge, court records show.
A jury found a man guilty of first-degree murder and kidnapping for his role in the death of a 27-year-old Las Vegas man in the Nye County desert.
Jurors heard closing arguments in the murder trial for a man accused of helping to torture and kill a man in Pahrump in 2021.
Two former employees of Never Give Up Youth Healing Center are accused of sexually assaulting patients at the Nye County facility.
“We’re still in session trying to figure out what we do going forward to never have a situation like this again,” Assemblyman Gregory Hafen said this week.
A federal jury has found a Las Vegas man not guilty of making threatening phone calls to state officials the day after the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
A 37-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison with the possibility of parole for kidnapping his mother and fatally stabbing her boyfriend in 2019.
District Attorney Steve Wolfson said prosecutors offered Henry Ruggs a plea bargain because of a “legitimate concern” that his felony DUI charge would be dismissed.
A Las Vegas judge has not decided how officials may search through the personal devices of slain Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German.
Under Nevada law, anyone convicted of DUI resulting in death or substantial bodily harm must spend a minimum of two years behind bars.
A Las Vegas judge found there is enough evidence for the apartment building’s former owner to stand trial, but charges against its property manager were dismissed.