A Henderson teenager who participated in a paintball shooting spree must remain in custody while awaiting his sentencing hearing, a Juvenile Court judge ruled Tuesday. Defense attorney Mark Anderson described Christian Melton, 16, as “a really good kid who did some bad things.” Anderson noted that Melton’s 18-year-old co-defendant, Robert Lockwood, was released on his own recognizance last week.
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Brandon Oravetz, 27, has been sentenced to 18 to 45 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges stemming from the April 2010 slaying of his former lover. Oravetz in November pleaded guilty but mentally ill to second-degree murder and armed robbery for the death of Roger Dayag Galapon, 39. He was sentenced Jan. 11.
Andrew Mendoza has been sentenced to 16 to 54 years in prison for the 2010 beating death of his 3-month-old son Angel. Mendoza in December pleaded guilty to six counts of child abuse. As part of a plea deal, prosecutors dropped a murder charge.
One female was shot and killed and another was critically wounded at a northeast valley party early Sunday morning, Las Vegas police said.
Las Vegas police have released images of a robbery suspect at a Strip casino earlier this month. A gunman robbed O’Shea’s Casino about 2:15 a.m. on Jan. 5. Police said the man entered an employee-only area in the casino and demanded money.
Two newly appointed district judges in Clark County drew opponents during the filing period that ended Friday, and one of the incumbents has an unusual connection to her challenger.
Two Southern Nevada civil rights groups formally called for a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into the Metropolitan Police Department’s use of deadly force, citing a history of controversial fatal shootings and a review system that rarely holds officers accountable.
Mercy was not in the cards for a priest who stole and gambled away hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Las Vegas Catholic church. Monsignor Kevin McAuliffe will serve three years and a month in a federal prison and three years under supervision once he is released.
Walmart employee Andrew Janisky was collecting shopping carts at a Henderson store on Dec. 26 when a passenger in a vehicle asked him how to get to U.S. Highway 95.
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