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Feds: North Texas prostitution ring dismantled
A man is accused of operating nearly a dozen brothels that masqueraded as massage parlors in three North Texas counties as part of a multistate prostitution ring generating more than $1 million since 2010. A federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment against 11 people, including eight who are in ...
115K expected at Electric Daisy Carnival in Vegas
Up to 115,000 partiers are expected each night this weekend for a dusk-to-dawn sensory salad of electronic dance music, lights, partying and mingling at a sprawling speedway complex outside Las Vegas. Electric Daisy Carnival officials said Wednesday that all 345,000 available tickets had been sold for the Friday, Saturday and ...
Man convicted of fraud wins appeal in 9th Circuit
The conviction of a former company owner on wire fraud charges is no longer valid, a federal appeals court has determined. A 2010 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court narrowed the definition of the kind of wire fraud to which Mark Avery pleaded guilty in 2007, according to an opinion ...
As fires rage, feds cut funding on prevention
As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place. A combination of government austerity and the ballooning cost of battling the ruinous fires has taken a bite out of federal efforts ...
Feds in Calif. bust international gambling ring
U.S. authorities unsealed an indictment Wednesday charging 18 people with involvement in an illegal gambling ring they say spanned from California to Peru and used violence against customers with outstanding debts. The defendants operated an illegal Internet and telephone sports betting business involving millions of dollars, the U.S. attorney's office ...
Grads sickened by substance at school's grad party
A Catholic high school's "Safe and Sober" graduation party was cut short in Reno after some students reported getting sick from eating cookies and sheriff's deputies are investigating whether the goodies may have been laced with marijuana or some other illegal substance. Jim Toner, acting president of Bishop Manogue High ...
Vegas police officer facing dismissal in drug case
A Las Vegas police officer is suspended without pay pending dismissal after being accused of unlawfully obtaining prescription painkillers. An aide to Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson says Officer Ramin Allen Amely is expected to take a plea deal July 1 on a felony possession of a controlled substance ...
Vandals sought at Tahoe's Glenbrook Golf Course
Douglas County sheriff's deputies are looking for suspects who drove onto a golf course at Lake Tahoe in the middle of the night and caused substantial damage. Investigators say someone in a motor vehicle raced around Glenbrook Golf Course at about 1 a.m. Sunday, destroying parts of a number of ...
Steven Brooks set for mid-July preliminary hearing
More California court dates have been set for former Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks on charges stemming from a car chase and police confrontation in March. Prosecutors say that a Victorville, Calif. judge on Tuesday set a pre-preliminary hearing July 16, and a preliminary hearing July 18. Brooks' defense previously asked ...
MGM, AEG to develop 20K seat Las Vegas Strip arena
Years of talk about building an arena capable of hosting professional sports and big-name concerts yielded an announcement Tuesday that casino giant MGM Resorts International and entertainment company AEG will build a privately financed 20,000-seat indoor venue on the Las Vegas Strip. Construction on the $350 million arena should start ...
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