Bethany Barnes

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2 men plead not guilty in death of teen over iPad

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Two men accused of killing a high school student who wouldn’t give up his iPad during a robbery pleaded not guilty Thursday.

Spearmint Rhino dancer bound over for trial in fatal DUI case

Thursday, June 13, 2013

A Las Vegas dancer accused of driving under the influence in a deadly wreck in March is headed to trial. During a preliminary hearing Thursday in Las Vegas Justice Court, Judge Suzan Baucum found enough evidence existed to bound Shauna Miller, 26, over for trial on a felony DUI charge.

Mother continues legal crusade for son killed in 2007 construction death

Thursday, June 13, 2013

More than six years after her son’s death at a hotel construction site, Debi Koehler still is hoping for justice. Her hope stems from a ruling Friday in a lawsuit that aims to hold Boyd Gaming Corp. responsible for the death of two maintenance workers in 2007 is moving forward despite the company’s latest attempt to have the case dismissed. Clark County District Judge Gloria Sturman denied Boyd’s motion for summary judgment, noting several times the facts of the case were egregious and compelling.

Prosecutions conclude for law students involved in bird decapitation

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

The last of the University of California, Berkeley students implicated in the October death of an exotic bird on the Las Vegas Strip has pleaded guilty to a felony charge.

Lead plaintiff in patient-dumping lawsuit to governor: 'We’re not supposed to be treated that way '

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

A former patient of the state-operated Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital who was put on a bus for a one-way trip to Sacramento, Calif., where he had no family or friends, said he wanted Gov. Brian Sandoval to walk – or ride – in his shoes. James Flavy Coy Brown, 48, is the lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas. The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada filed the suit on behalf of Brown and others against the state of Nevada challenging an alleged state policy of pushing psychiatric patients on to other states.

Review to reveal details of fatal police shooting in Henderson

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

A public review will be conducted Friday in the death of a 36-year-old Las Vegas man fatally shot by Henderson Police in November.

Court awaits independent lab's test results for case against driver in deadly 2012 bus crash

Friday, June 7, 2013

A California lab is still waiting for a check from Clark County before it will test blood samples taken from the driver in the aftermath of a horrific one-car accident last year that killed four people at a Las Vegas bus stop.

After hearing, Nevada Supreme Court weighing decisions on Harmon Hotel's fate

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Nevada Supreme Court justices will have their say in litigation involving the flawed Harmon Hotel tower, even before the case goes to trial in Clark County District Court.