Sandoval arraignment set Aug. 2

Jennifer Knight

Tuesday, July 3, 2001 | 10:09 a.m.

The arraignment date for Orlando Sandoval, a former associate vice president of Community College of Southern Nevada, has been set for Aug. 2, according to prosecutors.

Sandoval was indicted Thursday by a grand jury on charges of violating the state's anti-nepotism law. The crime is considered a gross misdemeanor that carries a maximum of one year in prison and a $2,000 fine.

Sandoval will enter his plea at the arraignment, and a trial date will be set.

The case against Sandoval stemmed from a 10-month attorney general's investigation of CCSN leaders.

The indictment alleges Sandoval hired his father-in-law, Duane Stevens, as a heating and air conditioning specialist in 1991. Sandoval also allegedly helped his father-in-law get substantial raises, according to the indictment.

The attorney general's office said Stevens received a five-year contract in which Sandoval recommended that his father-in-law's pay be increased from $42,000 to $60,000 a year.

Sandoval is on the record stating that he did not, "directly supervise his father-in-law, nor had he ever signed any employment documents relating to him."

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