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- 'Remorseful' ex-bus driver gets 10 years in molestation case
- Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009
- A former elementary school bus driver was sentenced today to 10 years in prison on sexual molestation charges. Richard Stephen, 63, pleaded guilty in July to two counts of attempted lewdness with a child under the age of 14 and was facing up to 40 years in prison.
- Judge delays action on 215 Beltway project
- Monday, Oct. 19, 2009
- A federal judge this morning ordered the Clark County Commission not to vote Tuesday on bids for a $100 million-plus highway project. Federal Court Judge Robert Jones scheduled a Nov. 2 hearing on whether to grant a preliminary injunction.
- Gunman in NY-NY shooting sentenced to 26 to 90 years
- Steven Zegrean will be eligible for parole in 26 years
- Monday, Oct. 19, 2009
- The man convicted of injuring four people in a shootout at the New York-New York hotel-casino in July 2007 was sentenced today to 26 to 90 years in prison. Steven Zegrean, 53, was arrested at the scene after firing 16 shots. His 9 mm semi-automatic pistol jammed on the 17th bullet and Justin Lampert, an Army National Guardsman from North Dakota, took the opportunity to jump onto Zegrean’s back.
- Hawaiian cop pleads not guilty to drug charges
- Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009
- A Honolulu police officer arrested in Las Vegas on misdemeanor drug charges was arraigned Thursday in Las Vegas Justice Court.
- Alleged gang members plead not guilty in teen's death
- Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009
- Two alleged gang members were arraigned today for the murder of a 16-year-old boy.
Jaime Alcaraz and Ramon Rodriquez pleaded not guilty in Clark County District Court to felony charges of murder with use of a deadly weapon to promote a gang and conspiracy to commit murder with a deadly weapon to promote a gang. - Man pleads not guilty in shooting death of girl, 9
- Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009
- A North Las Vegas man was arraigned today on charges of shooting to death a 9-year-old girl. Marcus Larry, 27, pleaded not guilty in Clark County District Court to the June 12 murder of Savannah Bullins.
- Teen sentenced in stabbing death of one-time friend
- Witness tells police teens were at odds because one painted over the other's graffiti
- Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009
- The street fight appeared like any other between two teenage boys. They faced off, exchanged harsh words, pushed each other and threw punches. Or rather witnesses thought they were just punches until they saw blood. Instead, the larger boy throwing the punches had a paring knife with a 3-inch blade in his hand and thrust it repeatedly into the other boy. A few hours later, 17-year-old Richard Martinez died in the hospital from multiple stab wounds.
- With no charges, woman accused in husband's death set free
- Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009
- Charges haven't been filed against a 25-year-old Las Vegas woman arrested in the shooting death of her husband earlier this month and a justice of the peace today ordered her released from custody.
- Judge upholds guilty plea in drive-by shooting case
- Monday, Oct. 12, 2009
- The guilty plea agreement of a 17-year-old boy facing life in prison will stand, a Clark County District Court judge said today. Judge Stefany Miley said there was no legal basis to allow Gerald Davison to recant his guilty plea to first-degree murder.
- Man, 86, held in wife’s death to remain jailed
- Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009
- An 86-year-old Las Vegas man who police say shot and killed his wife but failed in his attempt to commit suicide will remain jailed unless a psychiatric evaluation shows he’s no longer a danger to himself.
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