A judge set bail at $100,000 on Wednesday for a man with ties to a pair of drug overdose deaths in the Las Vegas Valley.
David Ferrara
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David Ferrara covers courts and legal affairs. He joined the newspaper in 2014 after more than six years reporting in the Deep South, where he wrote extensively about the BP oil spill. Prior to that, he worked for newspapers, magazines and a wire service in Chicago. He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
A former Las Vegas bank manager was sentenced to 2½ years in federal prison for stealing almost $1.2 million in benefits from the Social Security Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs.
Authorities have said Jordan Barson, 45, was high on methamphetamine when he plowed into a group of bicyclists in Clark County on Dec. 10, killing five of them .
A prosecutor said Wednesday after a court hearing that such of charge could be added to the list of charges the three suspects, which include murder and attempted murder.
A box truck driver authorities said was high on methamphetamine when he plowed into a group of bicyclists, killing five, is due in court Wednesday.
A Las Vegas woman charged with killing her two young daughters was found incompetent to stand trial on Monday.
A hearing for Jordan Barson, accused of driving while high on methamphetamine when he plowed a box truck into a group of bicyclists, killing five, was postponed Thursday.
A couple charged in a fatal Thanksgiving shooting spree that began in Henderson and continued in Arizona had a brief court proceeding on Wednesday.
A man fired 19 shots at uniformed officers from a 9mm handgun, police said Tuesday, describing how one officer exchanged gunfire with the suspect in the central valley.
Marty Clark, 32, faces one count of arson and one count of malicious damage to federal property in connection with the Nov. 7 fire at the downtown courthouse.
A Henderson man was indicted on federal fraud charges after prosecutors said he illegally obtained more than $1.6 million in COVID-19 loans.
Criminal defense attorneys have started to push for the removal of prosecutors who serve as state legislators, and the stakes are getting higher.
Dominique Bosa-Edwards, 38, spent nights and weekends in law school for more than three years while working as a marshal at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas.
The 9th U.S. Circuit court of Appeals on Tuesday overturned Gov. Steve Sisolak’s 50-person limit on church gatherings in Nevada.
Authorities continue to piece together a Henderson spree that carried into Arizona on Thanksgiving and left one man dead, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
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