Former process server back in jail as judge revokes bail
District Judge Michelle Leavitt on Tuesday ordered a former process server convicted in a false affidavit scheme back behind bars while he awaits trial on new charges.
Prosecutors had asked Leavitt to revoke Maurice Carroll’s bail because of his domestic battery conviction last month in North Las Vegas Municipal Court. He was convicted of choking his pregnant girlfriend during an argument.
After a brief hearing Tuesday, Leavitt ordered Carroll back to the Clark County Detention Center on no bail. He was handcuffed and taken away by marshals.
The argument between Carroll and his girlfriend occurred on Dec. 21, a little more than two months after Carroll was convicted on 17 counts of perjury, 17 counts of filing false affidavits and one count of obtaining money under false pretenses in a scheme he carried out at the Regional Justice Center.
In January, District Judge Elissa Cadish ordered a new trial on the perjury charges.
Carroll, 42, who ran the unlicensed process-serving company On Scene Mediations, also has an Oct. 11 trial on 17 forgery charges.
Prosecutors filed the forgery case against Carroll, who also is a former Las Vegas police officer, based on testimony from his own witnesses during the January hearing before Cadish.
The affidavit scheme involved Carroll certifying he had served court documents in Justice Court cases when he hadn’t. The cases involved one of his former clients, debt collector Richland Holdings.
The Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada has filed a class-action lawsuit against Carroll and another of his former clients, payday loan company Rapid Cash, alleging false affidavits were submitted in default cases brought by the company.
Carroll’s former office manager, Vilisia Coleman, pleaded guilty in the scheme and is cooperating with prosecutors.
Contact reporter Jeff German at jgerman@reviewjournal.com or 702-380-8135.
