A 51-year-old Las Vegas man was convicted in a New York federal court of, among other things, laundering drug proceeds for people associated with a Mexican cartel.
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Attorneys for the six Republicans indicted for submitting fake electoral documents estimated that the trial could last three weeks.
Just being in the courtroom with the motorist who killed 22-year-old Shyayn Bass horrified her grieving mother so much that she asked her sister to speak on her behalf during the man’s sentencing hearing.
Justice of the Peace Joe Bonaventure said Thursday that the Las Vegas Justice Court program will address what Sean Larimer’s public defender described as “a serious addiction to drinking.”
Deobra Redden’s attorney, Carl Arnold, said that Redden was pleading not guilty by reason of insanity, and was invoking his right to a speedy trial.
Defense attorney Robert Draskovich said he wants a recording of a death threat sent to Jeff German before the reporter was killed.
Alexander Smirnov is accused of falsely telling the FBI that executives with Burisma paid Joe and Hunter Biden $5 million each in an alleged bribery scheme.
Court documents filed Friday show that Alexander Smirnov is scheduled to appear in a California federal court for a detention hearing early next week.
District Judge Tierra Jones set a trial date for four teenagers facing charges as adults in connection with the fatal beating of a Rancho High School student.
Sean Larimer appeared in court again Thursday, after a Las Vegas judge said he issued a bench warrant because Larimer was drinking while out of custody.
The Metropolitan Police Department has paid outside counsel more than $75,000 to represent it in a case over investigative reporter Jeff German’s devices.
The Nevada Department of Corrections, which requested an arrest warrant for a prisoner more than a year after he was released, later asked a Las Vegas judge to quash the warrant.
Lynch had been charged with misdemeanor counts of DUI, failing to drive in a travel lane and driving an unregistered vehicle. A trial was set to begin Wednesday.
The murder trial for a former elected official accused of killing Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German is scheduled to begin next month, but attorneys may still push back the case.
Alexander Smirnov will remain under electronic monitoring as he awaits a hearing on allegations that he lied about an alleged bribery scheme involving Joe Biden.