Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Eric Goodman set bail at $100,000 for a man charged with drunken driving after his vehicle struck and killed a 12-year-old girl while she was trick-or-treating in Summerlin on Halloween , records show.
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A 28-year-old man pleaded guilty Thursday to murder and robbery charges in the beating death of an 82-year-old Henderson man in 2009.
A bench trial for champion boxer Floyd Mayweather on a misdemeanor battery charge scheduled for Friday will be delayed, A new trial date is expected to be set Friday afternoon by Las Vegas Justice of Peace Melissa Saragosa.
A 41-year-old man who was arrested for felony DUI after hitting a 12-year-old girl Monday night in Summerlin failed several field sobriety tests, but also registered under the legal limit in a breath test that was taken nearly three hours after the crash.
A defendant in a federal drug case was sentenced behind closed doors Thursday to about eight years in prison.
A former Chaparral High School mariachi teacher was sentenced to three years probation Wednesday for having sexual conduct with a student.
The U.S. Marshals Service has been ordered to seize $63,720 from Righthaven LLC, a company that files copyright infringement lawsuits, to fulfill a judgment against the company. A writ of execution was requested by lawyers for Kentucky website poster Wayne Hoehn, who obtained the judgment for legal fees after winning a lawsuit Righthaven filed against him.
Several Supreme Court justices made spirited defenses Wednesday on behalf of a Clark County district judge who has been blocked from collecting retirement benefits that he earned earlier in his career. Despite justices’ comments supporting District Judge Douglas Smith, the Supreme Court made no decision Wednesday on whether Smith can collect a full $160,000-a-year district judge salary and retirement benefits.
The founder of the “Girls Gone Wild” video empire has upped the ante in a legal dispute over a $2 million casino debt with Strip casino developer Steve Wynn and the Wynn Las Vegas casino.
A 27-year-old man was booked on Halloween for impersonating a police officer — for the second time. A stolen car investigation that began Sunday led police to arrest Daniel Howard Weiss. He faces multiple charges, including impersonating an officer, possession of methamphetamine and a probation violation.
A recent Wall Street Journal poll of leading economists put the probability of the United States going into recession over the next 12 months at 63 percent. Conventional wisdom is that the Federal Reserve Bank will continue raising interest rates to combat stubborn high inflation, thereby slowing the economy and causing gross domestic product to […]
Guymon’s attorneys said in a statement that the case is baseless. Police have alleged he discussed killing a client he forced into prostitution.
An autopsy report for a baby who died at Lake Havasu in July is being reviewed by the Mohave County Attorney’s Office for potential negligent homicide charges.
The fatal crash occurred at about 8:45 a.m. on University Center Drive north of East Twain Avenue, the Metropolitan Police Department said.
The family of a woman who died of Legionnaires’ disease after bacteria was found at her apartment and at the casino she visited has filed a lawsuit in Clark County.