Courts
Melanie Cholewinski, a former Clark County welfare worker, was ordered Wednesday to spend two to five years in prison for stealing taxpayer money meant for the poor. Cholewinski’s husband, Michael Wayne Brown, was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison. The couple also must pay $91,241 in restitution to the county.
The Courthouse Cafe, in the Regional Justice Center, has been replaced with a Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop. Police kept an eye on the deal because the restaurant’s partners have been linked to an FBI investigation into fraud and corruption in homeowners associations.
LOS ANGELES — A judge on Tuesday ordered the personal physician of Michael Jackson to stand trial on involuntary manslaughter charges after hearing testimony that he administered a dose of a powerful anesthetic and other sedatives, then left the pop star alone.
North Las Vegas police arrested a 14-year-old Cheyenne High School student Tuesday after they found an unloaded revolver in her backpack.
LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson, desperate for sleep, warned a doctor on the day he died that he would have to cancel his comeback concerts unless he received a dose of “his milk” — the powerful anesthetic propofol, according to testimony from the lead detective in the case against Jackson’s doctor.
A police report confirms gruesome details of how the dismembered body of 31-year-old “Fantasy” dancer Deborah Flores-Narvaez was found in two tubs filled with concrete. The man accused in her death told police the slaying was “a heat of the moment thing that happened.”
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Pennsylvania couple shows up in Las Vegas not knowing about F1
Ex-Palo Verde coach pleads not guilty to charges of sexual assault against a child
Uber driver killed in road-rage shooting in front of Las Vegas Strip resort
Patrick Mahomes fined over $14K for ‘violent gesture’ during game
Lavish restaurant south of the Strip finally opening after 2 year wait