LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada judge who will decide whether O.J. Simpson gets a new trial in a botched confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers indicated Thursday that she’s still working on her ruling. In her first public comment since hearings nearly five months ago, Clark County District Judge Linda Marie Bell issued a […]
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OJ to Get Vegas Court Hearing on Bid for New Trial
LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson will return next week to the Las Vegas courthouse where he was convicted of leading an armed sports memorabilia heist to ask a judge for a new trial on the grounds that his lawyer botched his case. Simpson will take the witness stand to testify that the Florida lawyer […]
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Ex-Nev. Assemblyman Arrested Hours after Expulsion
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks has been arrested in California on charges including resisting arrest and throwing objects, just hours after state lawmakers took the unprecedented step of expelling him. Jail records show Barstow police arrested Brooks, 41, at about 7 p.m. Thursday on Interstate 15 at Stoddard Wells. “We had […]
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Police Detail 9 Minutes Before Vegas Fireball
LAS VEGAS (AP) — It took just nine fateful minutes for a valet stand dispute to escalate to a deadly Las Vegas Strip shooting, crash and fireball. Nearly every second was captured by video, audio and witness accounts and detailed in a Las Vegas police report made public after a weeklong manhunt led to the […]
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Boxer Floyd Mayweather Gets 90 Jail Days in Vegas Case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was sentenced Wednesday to 90 days in a Las Vegas jail after pleading guilty to a reduced battery domestic violence charge and no contest to two harassment charges. The 34-year-old Mayweather also was ordered to complete 100 hours of community service and pay a $2,500 fine. The […]
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Mayweather Not Guilty in Vegas Harassment Case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. was acquitted Wednesday of misdemeanor harassment charges alleging he threatened the lives of two homeowner association security guards in an argument about parking tickets outside the boxer’s Las Vegas home. The 34-year-old prizefighter didn’t testify during the Las Vegas Justice Court trial. His attorney called the encounter between […]