A former Las Vegas politician was convicted Wednesday of killing a journalist who exposed wrongdoing in his office and was sentenced to life in prison. Robert Telles, who was Clark County’s public administrator until he lost his bid for reelection in 2022 after veteran Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German wrote about extensive issues in …
An 81-year-old Ohio man gunned down an Uber driver after both were scammed by an unknown caller. William Brock called 911 after shooting Loletha Hall, 61, multiple times outside his home, the Clark County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement obtained by Law&Crime. According to the statement, Brock had received a scam call about an …
The mother of a 4-year-old boy reported missing earlier this week and then found dead was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly lying to investigators about her son’s whereabouts. Janet E. Garcia, 27, had blood on her shoes and shirt when Clark County deputies took her into custody, telling the investigators that she’d dropped her son …
A man arrested for the fatal shooting of a Washington state woman over the weekend may have been hired by the woman’s husband to kill her and stage the murder to look like a robbery gone wrong. James Rummell, 49, has also been taken into custody as police investigate the death of his wife, 60-year-old …
A Washington state firefighter was arrested Friday and charged with first degree murder in the death of his wife in January. Kevin West, 49, reportedly called 911 early on the morning of January 8 and said that Marcelle “Marcy” West, 48, was having a seizure, The Clark County Sheriff’s Office said. “Within minutes, he advised …
A Las Vegas defendant who dove over a judge’s bench to attack her earlier this week blamed his assault on a “bad day” and refused to return to court to face the new charges against him. Deobra Redden, 30, also told officers that the “judge has hit out for me” and is “evil” in a …
A three-time felon dove over a Las Vegas judge’s bench in court and began pummeling her on Wednesday after she refused to sentence him to probation following his guilty plea on an attempted battery with substantial bodily harm charge. At about 11 a.m., Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus heard 30-year-old Deobra Redden’s …
Police in Oregon have determined that a woman found dead near an abandoned barn in rural Clark County was murdered in Portland. Joanna Speaks, 32, disappeared in March, and her body was found in early April about 22 miles north of Portland, as CrimeOnline reported. Police said at the time of the discovery they suspected …
A Nevada prosecutor was arrested Friday and charged with trying to lure a child for sex. Clark County Deputy District Attorney Tanner Castro was arrested in Henderson, the Las Vegas Review Journal said, quoting the Henderson Justice Court website. A police spokeswoman could not confirm details of Castro’s arrest, and his attorney, Craig Hendricks, declined …
An Oregon mother found dead near an abandoned barn in Washington earlier this month died from blunt force injuries, an autopsy revealed. The body of Joanna Speaks, 32, was found April 8 near the Ridgefield barn. The Clark County Sheriff’s Office said she was likely killed elsewhere and her body moved. The Clark County Medical …
A Las Vegas elementary school teacher was arrested this week and charged with sexually assaulting and kidnapping one of his students. Walker Richardson, 52, was arrested on Sunday, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said. 52-year-old Walker Richardson was arrested after sexually assaulting a student at a local school near Downtown Las Vegas. Click below …
Investigators said they found DNA consistent with Robert Telles’s beneath reporter Jeff German’s fingernails.
