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Kim Lewis-McClellan knew something was wrong with her 7-year-old son when he came to spend Christmas 2007 with her in Illinois. The boy, who had been living with his father in Las Vegas, complained of stomachaches and exhibited asthmatic symptoms.
A man died early Saturday morning after fleeing from police who used a Taser on him several times, Las Vegas police said. The name of the man was not released by authorities.
Las Vegas valley law enforcement is trying to cope with a rising number of random, violent street attacks by thrill-seeking youth who seem to lack any compassion for their victims.
As head of the federal public defender’s office in Nevada, Franny Forsman has spent her career passionately opposing capital punishment and advocating for those on death row.
Justice Department prosecutors from Washington have taken over the investigation into allegations of massive fraud within Las Vegas-area homeowners associations. Attorneys with the Criminal Division’s Fraud and Public Integrity Sections have been in Las Vegas for about a month, sources said.
Michelle Paet wanted her husband out of the picture. She had met another man and no longer cared for Nathan Paet, 28, an Air Force staff sergeant with whom she was raising four children.
The State Bar of Nevada continues to monitor a Las Vegas police investigation into attorney Stacey Roundtree, who resigned as a deputy public defender following allegations she engaged in a sex act with an inmate client inside the Clark County Detention Center.
