Patricia Atalig was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 12 years for killing her 4-year-old stepson in 2021.
Katelyn Newberg
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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.
Nathan Chasing Horse, known for playing Smiles a Lot in the Kevin Costner Film “Dances With Wolves,” was arrested Jan. 31 after police raided his North Las Vegas home.
Court records indicate Robert Telles now wants to represent himself against a murder charge in the killing of Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German.
A North Las Vegas courtroom was packed with supporters and alleged victims of a former actor accused of operating a cult and sexually abusing women and girls.
A physical therapist faces lewdness charges after two women accused him of inappropriately touching them during appointments, according to an arrest report.
A judge ordered Nathan Chasing Horse to remain in custody without bail after he was arrested and accused of operating a cult and sex trafficking women and girls.
John Woodruff and Destini Hover were arrested after Hover’s son told police that Woodruff had hit him with a belt, according to an arrest report.
A murder trial for former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, who is accused of killing RJ investigative reporter Jeff German, has been postponed until November.
As part of a guilty plea agreement, prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for Tristan Tidwell, according to a court filing.
Attorney Ben Crump on Friday drew parallels between the deaths of Tyre Nichols, beaten by police in Memphis, and Byron Williams, who died in Las Vegas police custody in 2019.
Las Vegas police have yet to identify additional suspects in the February shooting at an unlicensed hookah lounge that left one man dead and 13 others injured.
Jose Marmolejo was sentenced to six years in prison with the possibility of parole after two years for a crash that killed a 13-year-old boy in March.
A man accused of street racing that led to a crash that left two dead was sentenced to probation on Thursday.
A judge has rejected a motion from the Las Vegas Review-Journal calling for sanctions on the Metropolitan Police Department over how investigators searched the cellphone of slain reporter Jeff German.
The new attorney for the former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles would not comment on why he was hired.