Following initial hearings, U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy Koppe concluded that Stephen Parshall and William Loomis were dangers to the Las Vegas community. The two are suspects in what authorities say was a plot to cause violence at Black Lives Matter protests.
The hearing came as an arrest report obtained by the Review-Journal shows the men also had plans to “destroy” federal buildings, including a Lake Mead Recreational Area fee station.
One national organization tracking far-right extremism, found Boogaloo members at more than 20 protests in Las Vegas and across the country. Proud Boys were in Nevada, too.
Clark County lawmakers’ inability to regulate firearms was inserted into a debate this week about banning bags and strollers at Black Lives Matter protests.
Three Las Vegas men face federal arson charges after they were accused of setting a police car on fire during a protest in Las Vegas on Sunday.
The Justice Department announced Wednesday that three men and alleged members of the “boogaloo” movement have been charged with “conspiracy to cause destruction” during Las Vegas police brutality protests.
After the ambush that killed two Las Vegas officers, Nevada’s attorney general considers the movement that the shooters supported the state’s “largest terroristic threat.”
The loosely affiliated anti-government extremists known commonly as sovereign citizens are the “largest terroristic threat” facing Nevada, according to Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford.
District Judge Ronald Israel this week revoked Benson’s probation, after finding that he violated it, and imposed what had been a suspended sentence of two to five years in state prison, with 173 days credit for time served, court records show.
Thomas Benson, who authorities say follows anti-government “sovereign citizen” ideology, was given probation this week for filing bogus real estate paperwork in Las Vegas.
Thomas Benson, who authorities say follows anti-government “sovereign citizen” ideology, pleaded guilty Monday to filing bogus real estate paperwork in Las Vegas.
A man accused of taking over a Las Vegas home and claiming ownership of the property as a sovereign citizen was indicted on theft and burglary charges Thursday.
Thomas Benson doesn’t work alone. Several people are linked to the purported sovereign citizen.
