A school police officer drew his gun on a 15-year-old student Wednesday after an altercation at Green Valley High School in Henderson.
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Federal authorities have indicted Clark County employee Erik Holman on 15 counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and aiding and abetting. According to a Dec. 21 indictment, Holman and a co-conspirator are accused of embezzling thousands of dollars over a four-year period from a company that insured motorists.
An investigation of motorcycle gang violence led to the arrests of 11 suspects Wednesday in various northwest Arizona communities and in Southern Nevada.
Roger Randolph, 29, was convicted of first-degree murder Wednesday for the 2008 slaying of former Olympic boxer Rhoshii Wells, a 31-year-old father of five and a bronze medal winner at the 1996 Olympics.
After 13½ years, authorities say they may have brought to justice all of those involved in the slayings of two anti-racist skinheads. A federal grand jury has indicted three more people in the 1998 hate-crime killings of Lin Newborn, 25, and Daniel Shersty, 21.
Relatives of Hard Rock Hotel executive Randy Kwasniewski, who committed suicide in March 2010, filed a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday against the company that manufactures the sleeping pill Ambien. The lawsuit alleges, “Ambien may produce suicidal thoughts, ideations, strange bizarre behaviors and actions.”
Prosecutors today began presenting their criminal case against lobbyist Harvey Whittemore to a federal grand jury. The FBI has been investigating allegations the political power broker funneled tens of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions to Nevada federal races.
Prosecutors were poised to call witnesses today to a grand jury investigating allegations that Harvey Whittemore funneled tens of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions to Nevada federal races. Sources said two dozen or more witnesses have been subpoenaed, including Whittemore business associates, family members and employees.
The FBI and the Nevada attorney general have divvied up the workload in their investigation into Kathleen Vermillion’s use of charity funds, a source said. The FBI is focusing on finances related to the Homeless Youth Foundation, which Vermillion established in 2008 to ensure the financial security of the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth while managing its assets and distributing funds to other nonprofits.
A 26-year-old Las Vegas woman pleaded guilty to a felony Tuesday for making a false bomb threat on Sept. 11, 2010. According to her indictment, Miki Sudo claimed her boyfriend, a passenger on U.S. Airways Flight 399 from Las Vegas to Phoenix, was going to “blow up the plane.”
A Florida man charged with involuntary manslaughter after he punched a man who later died at a Strip casino will argue to a jury he was defending himself and his family, his attorney said.
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