http://www.las-vegas-criminal-defense-blog.com/ Published by Neil Shouse & Associates en-us 2010-03-11T09:43:41-08:00 http://www.las-vegas-criminal-defense-blog.com/2010/03/las_vegas_man_accused_of_dui_hit_by_truck.html Last month, a man accused of colliding with a car while allegedly driving drunk and then fleeing the scene was subsequently struck by a truck. The incident happened in the early afternoon at the intersection of West Flamingo Road and... Drunk Driving Shouse Law Group 2010-03-11T09:43:41-08:00 http://www.las-vegas-criminal-defense-blog.com/2010/03/new_trial_scheduled_in_reno_hotel_stabbing_case.html Last month, a fifty-four year old former chef got a new trial date after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the murder conviction in his first trial over faulty jury instructions. He’s accused of stabbing a man in 1993... Violent Crimes Shouse Law Group 2010-03-10T09:45:00-08:00 http://www.las-vegas-criminal-defense-blog.com/2010/03/las_vegas_health_care_worker_sentenced_in_medicaid_fraud_case.html Last month, a health care worker was sentenced in a Medicaid fraud case prosecuted by the Nevada Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. The worker allegedly wasn’t providing services at patients’ homes when she claimed she had been. In August... Elder Abuse Shouse Law Group 2010-03-09T10:03:40-08:00 http://www.las-vegas-criminal-defense-blog.com/2010/03/boulder_city_constable_arrested_for_dui.html Two weeks ago, the chief constable of Boulder City was arrested for breaking Nevada DUI law and other traffic matters after allegedly careening his duty-vehicle into a light pole near Utah and Seventh streets. The Boulder City Police Department claims... Drunk Driving Shouse Law Group 2010-03-08T09:21:33-08:00 http://www.las-vegas-criminal-defense-blog.com/2010/03/crime_rates_in_reno_show_signs.html Serious traffic accidents have been steadily declining in Washoe County. “According to the local police department,” explains Reno criminal defense attorney Michael Becker, “Reno traffic fatalities dropped 40% between last year and 2007.” In addition, injury accidents and DUI crashes... Traffic Accidents Shouse Law Group 2010-03-05T09:00:00-08:00 http://www.las-vegas-criminal-defense-blog.com/2010/03/dad_arrested_for_beating_3_month_old_son_in_las_vegas.html Last week, Las Vegas police arrested a twenty-one-year old dad for allegedly violating Nevada child abuse law on his infant son. The three-month-old was rushed to a medical center in critical condition with injuries police say are consistent with blunt-force... Child Abuse Shouse Law Group 2010-03-04T09:57:46-08:00 http://www.las-vegas-criminal-defense-blog.com/2010/03/nevada_stalking_law_requires_no_intent_to_frighten.html The New Jersey Supreme Court recently ruled that stalking is no less a crime when the alleged perpetrator had only romantic intentions and didn’t believe that his/her behavior would reasonably cause fear in the object of his/her affections. Justice Jaynee... Stalking Shouse Law Group 2010-03-03T09:38:22-08:00 http://www.las-vegas-criminal-defense-blog.com/2010/03/reno_teens_face_stolen_property.html Mid-February, a Reno judge ordered a seventeen-year-old boy and a sixteen-year-old boy to face criminal charges as adults in relation to burglary incidents on December 10th, 2009. They were booked on counts of kidnapping, robbery with a deadly weapon on... Robbery Shouse Law Group 2010-03-02T10:02:31-08:00 http://www.las-vegas-criminal-defense-blog.com/2010/03/8_nevada_dui_offenders_sent_ba.html A week and a half ago, eight people convicted of “DUI causing death” in Nevada were sent back to prison when Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto ruled that the Department of Corrections wrongly released them early. Nevada DUI law... Drunk Driving Shouse Law Group 2010-03-01T11:02:00-08:00 http://www.las-vegas-criminal-defense-blog.com/2010/02/nevada_man_pleads_not_guilty_to_battery_on_a_peace_officer.html Last Friday, a twenty-two year old man from Lockwood pleaded not guilty in First Judicial District Court in Virginia City to felony counts of open murder and violating the Nevada crime of battery on a peace officer with substantial bodily... Battery on a Peace Officer Shouse Law Group 2010-02-26T11:10:46-08:00