The chaos of a brawl among rival motorcycle gang members and a deadly shootout was replayed at the start of a federal racketeering trial in Las Vegas.
David Ferrara
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 Strip security guard has been acquitted of sexual assault and kidnapping charges that stemmed from a 2017 allegation at New York-New York.
The trial for an Arizona man who sold ammunition to the Route 91 Harvest festival gunman will be held in Las Vegas, a federal judge ruled this week.
A man authorities said discussed a Las Vegas attack on a synagogue is facing a federal weapons charge after bomb-making materials were found at his home, prosecutors said.
Gov. Steve Sisolak has selected longtime Nevada lawyer Trevor Atkin from three finalists for a vacant seat on the Clark County District Court bench.
Five months after a judge in threw out his 1985 Las Vegas murder conviction, Paul Browning remains at Ely State Prison.
Attorneys for a woman accused of pushing a 74-year-old man off a bus in March, said Wednesday they would ask the Nevada Supreme Court to throw out a first-degree murder charge.
Two teens were convicted of first-degree murder Wednesday in the shooting death of Silverado High School student Matthew Minkler.
A Las Vegas woman was sentenced Wednesday for fatally stabbing her 2-year-old son. The crime occurred in February.
Prosecutors told jurors during closing arguments that two fellow teens — Jaiden Caruso and Kody Harlan — planned to rob and kill 17-year-old Matthew Minkler.
More than 25 years after 7-year-old Diana Hernandez was raped and killed, a man pleaded guilty Monday to related murder and sexual assault charges.
A British poker pro has been sued by financial backers after making the final table of this year’s World Series of Poker Main Event and winning $1.5 million.
Scott Gragson, a prominent real estate broker indicted in a fatal DUI, pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony charges.
Attorneys gave opening statements Wednesday in the murder trial for two teens charged in the June 2018 slaying of Matthew Minkler in Henderson.
Tech billionaire Henry Nicholas III and friend Ashley Fargo, arrested at a Las Vegas Strip hotel last summer, reached an agreement to avoid prison time over drug charges.