District Judge Douglas Herndon sentenced Maurice Sims to four to 10 years behind bars on Thursday, but Sims already has served more than six years in jail.
David Ferrara
Reporter: Federal Court
Email: dferrara@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 380-1039
X: @RandomPoker
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 Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday reversed the dismissal of a 14-count indictment against Las Vegas attorney Alexis Plunkett.
A 21-year-old man was given back-to-back life sentences Wednesday for two fatal shootings and a separate pair of shootings from 2016.
A former Las Vegas tax preparer was sentenced Wednesday to 37 months in federal prison for aiding and assisting in the filing of false tax returns that resulted in a tax loss of more than $2.7 million.
Two suspects made their first court appearances Wednesday in connection with the fatal shooting of 11-year-old Angelina Erives.
A pair of Las Vegas lawyers asked a federal judge on Tuesday to throw out drug conspiracy charges against their client, arguing that President Donald Trump’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting U.S. attorney general was unconstitutional.
A federal judge has ordered University Medical Center to pay roughly $820,000 in sanctions and attorney fees stemming from a class-action employee wage lawsuit.
A North Las Vegas man was convicted Friday of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of his 17-year-old girlfriend more than three years ago.
A Las Vegas man convicted of stealing nearly $500,000 in cash and jewelry during an armed robbery has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison.
A North Las Vegas man shot and killed his 17-year-old girlfriend while playing a “stupid prank,” his attorney argued Wednesday.
A Las Vegas jury on Thursday handed down what could amount to a multimillion-dollar penalty against Nevada for busing mental patients out of state without support services awaiting them.
Norman Renord Smith was found guilty Wednesday of voluntary manslaughter in the 2015 fatal shooting of a pregnant woman in North Las Vegas, but the jury acquitted him of a second charge of manslaughter of an unborn child in the death of 20-year-old Tinesha Antovia Adams.
A judge on Wednesday granted gambler’s diversion for a Las Vegas woman who stole more than $500,000 from her former employer.
Nevada independent gubernatorial candidate Ryan Bundy on Wednesday announced a lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and former federal agents.
As Election Day nears, a race for Las Vegas justice of the peace continues to heat up.