Abigail Goldman

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As economy falters, employee theft on the rise: Friday, Nov. 6, 2009; Robert Frimet is a self-proclaimed fraud expert, a businessman who audits other companies’ books, gives lectures on recognizing employee theft, and sits as a civilian member on the Nevada Fight Fraud Task Force.
Their valuables gone, like their ladies of the night: More than $2 million is likely be stolen in ’09 in ‘trick rolls’ in which a prostitute robs a client; Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009; People in the company of Clark County prostitutes collectively reported having $1.4 million in cash and goods stolen from them during the first nine months of this year — dupes of a larceny genre better known to police as the “trick roll.” By year’s end, it’s estimated the total reported losses will exceed $2 million — almost double last year’s total, and probably a fraction of the real amount. How many people file police reports, after all, when their prostitutes disappoint?
Should the jury know that he was acquitted of murder?: Accused of killing his wife, one man's trial may hinge on the death of a previous spouse; Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009; Thomas Randolph was nonchalant for a handcuffed man charged with murder, again. "Nice to see you!” he said, shuffling into Utah Judge Rodney Page’s courtroom. Randolph was being extradited to Las Vegas, where police blame him for two homicides — of his wife, and the guy he persuaded to kill her. Page presided over Randolph’s past murder trial, in 1989, when he was accused of killing a previous wife.
Web site aims to settle legal disputes away from public eye: Friday, Oct. 30, 2009; It’s a new courtroom, like any other: There’s a jury box and deliberation room, a bailiff and a clerk, a place for witnesses to testify and attorneys to argue.
Regulation in need of a checkup: Public missteps, sluggish response to complaints, crises continue to bring criticism on Nevada’s medical board; Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009; The Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners is required by law to protect patients. But critics — doctors and lawmakers among them — say the board is hampered by conflicts of interest, lacks the will to discipline physicians and is accountable to no one.
Black Book, Vegas’ bad guys aren’t what they used to be: Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009; The list of people banned from Nevada casinos includes 21 names added between 1990 and 2000 — all men, most with alleged mob connections, many with monikers: The Fixer, Moose, Dicky Boy, The Pope. In the near decade that has followed, however, between 2001 and today, the Gaming Control Board added a mere seven names to the list — men who, with one exception, were all casino cheats, crooks more likely to use aliases than earn nicknames.
Metro uses scare tactic on careless parents: Officers point to sex offender stats when they find a child left in a car; Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009; Metro Police investigate enough cases of children left in hot cars to have the process down pat — it’s your basic grim abuse and neglect assessment, except for one step:
Who’s behind the jabs at local TV news anchor Nina Radetich: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009; The “NINA LIES” signs came down quickly. What won’t be cleaned up by highway crews, however, is a Web site launched last week: ninaradetich.com. Enter that Internet address and you’re directed to the Wikipedia page on journalism ethics and standards — a caustic poke at KTNV-TV, Channel 13’s Nina Radetich.
Making sense of the county’s tragic month of murder-suicides: Data on phenomenon is thin, but factors are well-known; Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009; September has seen three murder-suicides in Clark County, and two homicides with failed suicides — a rash almost anybody would agree is unusual. In a town that has averaged about six murder-suicides a year since 2003, according to Metro Police, there is no definitive answer to why detectives would suddenly find themselves investigating five such cases in the space of 19 days.
Jack Finn resigns from NV Energy position: Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009; Jack Finn resigned as special projects manager at NV Energy last week. The Sept. 21 resignation follows a series of Las Vegas Sun articles about Finn's girlfriend, KTNV-TV, Channel 13 anchor Nina Radetich. Prior to working at NV Energy, Finn was a spokesman for Sen. John Ensign and former Gov. Kenny Guinn.