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Family waits 2 decades for Las Vegas cold case murder arrest

After waiting more than two decades for an arrest in her older sister’s killing, Marie Ann Iverson Coker’s first instinct was to look up the suspect’s social media accounts. “I have waited almost 21 years. I needed to see the last person she saw,” Coker said.

 
Man guilty of killing Las Vegas mom, daughter back in court

Bryan Clay was formally sentenced Thursday on charges related to the murders of Ignacia “Yadira” Martinez, 38, and her 10-year-old daughter, Karla. Clay alluded to an appeal, telling District Judge Douglas Herndon, “We’re not done yet. It’s not complete.”

 
Teen accused of rape was disciplined for sexual deviancy at age 9

Maysen Melton, accused of raping four high school classmates and sexually harassing others, had been disciplined for sexual deviancy as early as February 2011, when he was a 9-year-old student at Bracken Elementary School, prosecutors said in court papers filed this week.

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Las Vegas middle school teacher arrested on child sex charges

Kweku Turkson, 37, an English teacher at West Prep Academy, was arrested Friday by Metropolitan Police Department officers and is jailed on counts of lewdness and attempted lewdness with a minor.

Misconduct by jurors alleged in Las Vegas sex assault trial

Attorneys for former Las Vegas police Explorer Josh Honea are seeking an acquittal or a new trial after they said two jurors in the defendant’s sexual assault trial engaged in misconduct. But the judge in the case said she will review established case law before making a decision.

Las Vegas police arrest ex-teacher on lewdness charges

Las Vegas police arrested a former Clark County School District elementary school teacher Thursday on multiple counts of lewdness with a child.

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