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Abdul Hamlan’s neighbors described him as a friendly but quiet man. The 52-year-old military contractor was shot and killed in the garage of his home by a Las Vegas police officer Tuesday after reportedly pointing a handgun at the officer.
Victor Fakoya was a free man. The Nigerian immigrant had spent two years in the Clark County jail, charged with a crime he steadfastly denied.
Prosecutors filed a new criminal complaint Friday adding a felony gun possession charge against one of the three airport technicians accused of stealing electronic gear.
A District Court hearing to install a receiver at the World Market Center’s Building A was called off as unnecessary.
Dr. Dipak Desai, the bankrupt gastroenterologist at the heart of the hepatitis C outbreak, has piled up $2.4 million in legal fees that are cutting deep into the dwindling assets left for his creditors, including the thousands of former patients suing him.
