Courts
Former attorney Lawrence Davidson, who returned to the country in September to face a slew of criminal charges, is in plea negotiations here with federal prosecutors, court documents show.
The long battle over redistricting ended Friday when lawyers for the Republican and Democratic parties accepted the election district maps prepared by a district court-appointed panel of special masters.
Two more Las Vegas men have pleaded guilty in a scheme to steal $4.4 million in state and federal unemployment benefits, U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden said Friday.
A federal court on Friday set the schedule for a lawsuit that seeks to force the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to reopen its review of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site.
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.
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.