Robert Brown was sentenced to death this month for the 2012 killing of his girlfriend — the first time in more than five years a Nevada jury has sentenced someone to die.
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Katelyn joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s metro desk in June after graduating from the University of Florida. She previously worked with the paper in the summer of 2017 as an intern on the business desk. Before graduating college she was the editor in chief of the Independent Florida Alligator. She was born and raised in Orlando, Florida.
A jury delivered another multibillion-dollar verdict against the bottled water company that was tied to an outbreak of liver failure in Southern Nevada.
Julius Trotter testified in his death penalty trial in connection with the fatal stabbings of two Vietnamese tour leaders at Circus Circus in 2018.
The Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline voted to suspend Michele Fiore from her position as Pahrump Justice of the Peace without pay, according to court documents.
Amber Reedy slowly stood up from her wheelchair, her hands shaking as she held a microphone to address the woman who killed her husband and 14-year-old son in a DUI crash.
The judicial discipline commission suspended Fiore with pay shortly after she was indicted in July. She has been paid more than $20,900 since she was indicted.
The Nevada Judicial Discipline Commission has scheduled a hearing Friday to determine if the group will take away the salary of Michele Fiore, who was found guilty of wire fraud.
Jesus Ayala, who is accused of killing a bicyclist in a hit-and-run, is now facing separate charges in a stolen vehicle case, according to a report.
Former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles was sentenced for the murder of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German.
Shayne Sussman pleaded guilty on Tuesday to attempted murder in the stabbings of multiple Red Rock Resort employees in early August.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Julius Trotter in connection with the fatal stabbings of two tour leaders inside a Circus Circus hotel room.
District Judge Michelle Leavitt will determine how enhancements on Telles’ murder charge will affect how many years he will spend in prison before he is eligible for parole.
“She’s going to do time, in my opinion,” said one local defense attorney. “She would have been better off taking a negotiation and just falling on the sword.”
Jesus Ayala, accused of killing a bicyclist in a hit-and-run crash last year, was found not competent to face the charges during a court hearing Wednesday.
Nathan Chasing Horse, an alleged cult leader previously accused of sexually assaulting multiple women, appeared in North Las Vegas Justice Court on Wednesday in a new child pornography case.