Nevada’s legal community is still reckoning with the effects of a cyberattack on state systems.
Noble Brigham
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Noble Brigham started covering breaking news at the Review-Journal in June 2024. He graduated from Brown University in 2024 and previously freelanced for The Providence Journal and interned at the Idaho Statesman and The Virginian-Pilot. He grew up in Philadelphia.
They have also been linked to a gang killing, a prosecutor said in court. An attorney for one defendant said his client maintains his innocence.
The jury found him guilty of first-degree murder, despite his protests that he saw the man he was accused of killing in a holding cell after the shooting.
The attorney and prosecutors have a history of contention. The lawyer’s attorney described the incident as minor.
He was driving at least 50 miles per hour over the speed limit when he hit a car, causing it to flip, according to prosecutors and court records.
The Uber driver’s attorney previously said he was trying to escape another man who was threatening him at the time of the crash.
Nathan Williams acknowledged shooting Bryant Johnson twice, but said the alleged victim was trying to rob and kill him.
Gary Guymon, once a high-profile prosecutor, faced allegations he ran a prostitution ring called the “$100 club” and plotted with felons to have a client killed.
Prosecutors plan to seek life without parole sentence. The victim had won custody of her daughters the day of the shooting, according to police.
Sigal Chattah and Alina Habba both went from interim U.S. attorney to acting U.S. attorney and have not been confirmed by the Senate.
Raul Cardoza-Lopez was sitting in his work van last March, going over estimates, when Kayla Alery approached him and fired a single shot into his neck.
A judge set $300,000 bail for a man arrested following a stabbing in west Las Vegas who is the father of a NBA star.
Ricky Lee Trader, 48, was linked to the crime scene by his DNA and sentenced to a 10- to 25-year prison term by District Judge Michelle Leavitt.
Clark County DA Steve Wolfson said acting U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah has demonstrated an “unfitness to serve” as the two prosecutors battle publicly over the handling of a case involving an Israeli official.
His defense attorney said the prosecution’s case has holes. A prosecutor said the suspect’s car contained the “literal smoking gun.”