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Teen recalls finding dead boy

An image of Jason Rimer is seen on a monitor Friday as his older brother Quaylyn Rimer testifies in District Court. Parents Stanley and Colleen Rimer are on trial on charges of murder and child neglect and abuse in the death of their 4-year-old son.

Arizona man shot by Las Vegas police identified

Las Vegas police have identified the man they shot and wounded off a freeway exit ramp Thursday as Jose Luis Castro, Jr. of Chandler, Ariz.

Predatory lawsuit case gets OK to proceed

A $24 billion predatory lending lawsuit filed against the Credit Suisse Group by investors in Lake Las Vegas and other resort communities in Idaho, Montana and the Bahamas can go forward.

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Prosecutor says gunman’s 10 years in prison reflects real world

When Judge Robert Lane announced the maximum sentence Tuesday of nearly 10 years for Joseph Patrick Lamoureux, he was implying that in the real world of today’s overcrowded prisons, minimum sentences turn out to be the maximums that many felons serve. That’s according to Nye County Chief Prosecutor Kirk Vitto. He was granted consecutive maximum terms for Lamoureux, who agreed to plead guilty to two felonies for a Sept. 19, 2008, shooting spree at Terrible’s Lakeside RV Park in Pahrump that wounded sheriff’s Deputy Eric Murphy.

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