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MARIJUANA LAWYERS-NEVADA
Nevada court sets hearing on pot lawyers question
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court is scheduling a public hearing in May on a state bar association request for rules to protect lawyers who advise clients on medical marijuana issues.
The state high court says it'll also accept written comments ahead of its May 6 hearing in Carson City.
The Nevada Bar Association last week cited a conflict between federal drug laws and a state medical marijuana law that takes effect April 1.
The state law allows for regulated distribution of medicinal marijuana.
State Bar President Alan Lefebvre (leh-FEE'-ver) says attorneys are concerned that they could face discipline or lose their law license for representing prospective medical marijuana dispensary owners.
CARLOS MOLINA ARRESTED
Promoter: Lawyers work to free jailed boxer Molina
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The promoter for jailed boxer Carlos Molina says attorneys in Wisconsin, Nevada and California are working to free the title-holding fighter following his arrest earlier this month in Las Vegas.
Molina remained jailed Monday. He was arrested March 4 on a January 2007 warrant issued in Wisconsin accusing him of failing to register as a sex offender.
The 30-year-old Molina was born in Mexico, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in California say he was previously deported in 2006. ICE says the boxer could face additional immigration proceedings.
Promoter Leon Margules says an April 8 extradition hearing is scheduled in Las Vegas on the Wisconsin warrant.
Molina missed a scheduled March 8 fight to defend his IBF light middleweight title against Jermall Charlo in Las Vegas.
NEVADA JOBLESS
Nevada jobless rate ticks down to 8.7 percent
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — State officials say Nevada's unemployment rate ticked down to 8.7 percent in January.
The Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation reported Monday that the January jobless rate was down three-tenths of a percentage point from 9 percent in December.
The department says Nevada saw its 37th month of year-over-year job growth, and has added nearly 61,000 new private sector jobs in the past three years.
State economist Bill Anderson says job losses from business closures are at historic lows, and job gains from business openings are rebounding.
IMMIGRATION HEARING-NORTH VEGAS
3 congressmen set immigration hearing in N. Vegas
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Congressman Steven Horsford is joining two fellow Democratic lawmakers for a hearing in North Las Vegas on immigration and deportation.
Horsford is scheduled to meet with Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez and Texas Congressman Ruben Hinojosa for an ad hoc hearing 6 p.m. Monday at the North Las Vegas City Hall.
They will explore standards at detention centers, the rights of detainees, deportation rates and the need for immigration reform.
Witnesses scheduled to attend include the American Civil Liberties Union, faith leaders and families affected by detention and deportation.
The U.S. set a record in 2011 when 429,000 immigrants were detained in more than 250 centers across the country. About 392,000 people were deported from the country that year.
RV STANDOFF-SHOOTING
Skydiving site dispute preceded police shooting
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say a dispute about a recreational vehicle in a Las Vegas-area skydiving landing zone preceded an armed confrontation and police shooting that left a man dead during the weekend.
Police Capt. Matt McCarthy tells the Las Vegas Review-Journal a skydiving company employee summoned police Sunday morning after a man in an RV wielded a rifle and refused to leave a drop zone near Jean Airport.
McCarthy says the man barricaded himself in the RV and was shot dead after he pointed a rifle at SWAT officers. No one else was hurt.
Jean Airport is off Interstate 15, about 30 miles south of Las Vegas.
It was the fourth officer-involved shooting this year involving Las Vegas police.
TEENS STRUCK-NORTH VEGAS
Man, 20, gets prison in fatal North Vegas DUI case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 20-year-old is going to prison for eight to 20 years for driving under the influence of marijuana when his car ran up on a North Las Vegas sidewalk, killing an 18-year-old and badly hurting the teen's girlfriend as they walked together.
Christian Ivan Diaz said at sentencing Monday that he was sorry for the New Year's Day 2013 crash that killed Jesse Hill and injured 16-year-old Anne-Marie Ricci.
Diaz pleaded guilty in January to two felony DUI charges.
Ricci and Hill's mother, Crystal Hill, told Clark County District Court Judge Jerome Tao they will always be affected by the crash.
Hill says her son was stolen from her.
Ricci is still recovering from her injuries.
KLAS-TV reports that she says she had hoped for more of an apology.
BODY FOUND IN PARK
Body found in Minden park
MINDEN, Nev. (AP) — Douglas County authorities say a 24-year-old Gardnerville man was found dead along a creek at a Minden park.
Investigators say rangers at Lampe Park discovered William Murphey Sheerin around 8:30 a.m. Monday. He was kneeling face down in a creek.
Deputies suspect that Sheerin drowned but a final cause of death won't be determined until after an autopsy and toxicology tests are completed.
Investigators say receipts from a local store indicate Sheerin purchased alcohol and cigarettes the night before.
It's unknown when he arrived at the park. Authorities say there was no obvious sign of trauma or evidence of foul play.
APARTMENT HOMICIDE-VEGAS
Vegas man held in girlfriend death after argument
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police say a 26-year-old Las Vegas man was arrested on a murder charge after calling 911 and reporting that his girlfriend was unconscious after an argument in their apartment.
Las Vegas police reported Monday that Edward Edgerton was arrested after summoning help for 24-year-old Tyanna Reynolds about 2:30 p.m. Saturday at an apartment on Nellis Boulevard.
Reynolds was pronounced dead later at Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.
The Clark County coroner was investigating the cause of death.
Edgerton told police that he and Reynolds argued about text messages she received from an ex-boyfriend, and that she later collapsed in the shower.
He later told police he grabbed Reynolds' arm hard enough to leave a bruise, struck Reynolds several times with a belt, and pinned her beneath him on the bed.
RENO MAYOR
20 candidates jam crowed field for Reno mayor
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Reno's first competitive race for mayor in more than a decade has drawn a field of 20 candidates.
One of them is actually named Reno — Charles "Chuck" Reno. Another, Larry Pizorno, is known as the "Wolf Man" because of the wolf pelt he wears on his head to Nevada Wolf Pack football games.
Others seeking to replace outgoing three-term Mayor Bob Cashell include Washoe County Commissioner Marsha Berkbigler and first-term Reno City councilwoman Hillary Schieve
City Clerk Lynette Jones tells the Reno Gazette-Journal it's the biggest field of mayoral candidates since at least the early 1970s.
It's all because of a Nevada Supreme Court decision barring term-limited council members from running for mayor. The decision knocked front-runners Jessica Sferrazza and Dwight Dortch out of the race.
STREET SLAYING-VEGAS
Arraignment delayed for teen held in Vegas slaying
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Arraignment was postponed for an 18-year-old accused of killing a Las Vegas man and shooting at his wife in a street confrontation following an encounter at a downtown convenience store.
A Las Vegas judge on Monday reset Alan Sosa's hearing for Wednesday to allow time to appoint the Clark County special public defender's office to represent him.
Sosa was arrested March 11 on murder, attempted murder and concealed weapon charges in the March 1 slaying of 27-year-old Juan Edward Cervantes and the alleged shooting at Christine Mata.
Police say shots were fired when the couple confronted Sosa after he left a convenience store on Stewart Avenue and walked with several people on 21st Street.
Sosa also faces a March 25 preliminary hearing in a robbery with a weapon case.
VEHICLE-WHEELCHAIR DEATH
Man in wheelchair hit, killed in downtown Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities are identifying a 55-year-old Las Vegas man who died after his wheelchair was struck by a sport utility vehicle during the weekend at a downtown intersection.
The Clark County coroner's office said Monday the death of David Livingston was ruled an accident.
Officials say Livingston was taken to University Medical Center with multiple injuries after he was struck about 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Saint Louis Avenue and Santa Paula Drive.
That's two blocks east of Paradise Road.
Police were investigating, and the driver of the vehicle wasn't immediately cited in the crash.
VEGAS SIGN-GREEN
Vegas welcome sign goes green for St. Patrick's
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas is joining with Irish friends and turning the iconic "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign green in honor of St. Patrick's Day.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and local officials say they changed the sign's yellow bulbs to green on Thursday, and will keep them until Tuesday.
The move is part of the 'Global Greening' initiative led by Tourism Ireland. Other landmarks that are going green for the holiday include the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Niagara Falls, the Sydney Opera House, the London Eye and the Pyramids of Giza.
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