The Nevada Judicial Discipline Commission has accused Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Melanie Tobiasson of becoming improperly involved in a double murder investigation.
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David Ferrara covers courts and legal affairs. He joined the newspaper in 2014 after more than six years reporting in the Deep South, where he wrote extensively about the BP oil spill. Prior to that, he worked for newspapers, magazines and a wire service in Chicago. He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the conviction of a Las Vegas man serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for his role in supplying drug addicts and dealers with powerful opioids.
A pair of Canadian nationals are accused of defrauding thousands of “elderly and vulnerable victims” and collecting the proceeds in Las Vegas, the Department of Justice announced.
The family of a man shot and killed by Las Vegas police during a Black Lives Matter protest filed a federal lawsuit against the department.
“There was no warning,” Tiacherelle Dotson said. “There was nothing. There was no time to do anything. No fire alarms, no smoke detectors. I barely had time to get out.”
A security officer accused of shooting and killing a man after a quarrel over COVID-19 restrictions made her first court appearance Monday in North Las Vegas.
The parents of an 18-year-old mentally ill Sparks man who was shot and killed by police have filed a federal lawsuit against three officers, a lieutenant and the city.
Two years after he was wrongly accused of impersonating an officer and sexually assaulting women, Jesus Carvajal dreams of the life he could have had.
Prosecutors say a mother who drove drunk in a high-speed crash that left her infant son dead also had cocaine in her system.
Attorney William Schuller is demanding that he and two others be reimbursed for the tickets and the fun they would have had watching football games at Allegiant Stadium.
A day after a fire at the Alpine Motel Apartments left six dead, owner Adolfo Orozco ordered the building’s manager not to speak to investigators until they had “gotten their stories straight,” according to police reports obtained by the Review-Journal.
A pair of Las Vegas men accused in the theft of 240 pounds of commercial-grade explosives from a Southern Nevada mining business are facing federal charges.
The driver of an SUV that fatally struck two 16-year-old Las Vegas girls was ordered held without bail on Monday.
Proponents say a settlement in a class-action lawsuit will ensure that poor criminal defendants in rural Nevada counties receive adequate legal representation.
Sahara Las Vegas has filed a defamation lawsuit against a local blogger who reported what the casino’s owners said was an inaccurate rumor that the property would close next month.