Alleged Fugitive from Las Vegas Arrested in Montana
A fifty-six year old woman, who faces nearly sixty counts of felony theft and forgery in Las Vegas, was arrested in Great Falls, Montana last week. She’s accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the company for which she used to be an executive director. Prosecutors claim she’s admitted to forging business checks and using the company’s credit card to withdraw unauthorized sums to help pay off her debts from gambling.
The Clark County District Attorney is following Nevada extradition law in attempt to bring the former executive back into the state. They originally recommended a bond of $177,000, but the judge lowered it to $10,000. The District Attorney’s office is concerned that it will be more difficult to extradite the former executive if she’s released on bond.
Nevada extradition law is a complicated, potentially drawn out process of trying to bring suspected fugitives back into state to answer their charges here. If someone in another state is arrested for charges in Nevada, Nevada extradition law allows them either to waive extradition and come back or to try to fight the extradition there via a hearing. If they waive extradition, it may take several months for Nevada law enforcement to bring them back.
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