http://www.NevadaAppeal.com Serving Carson City, NV Thu, 23 May 2013 11:31:04 -0600 en 30 http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6628201-113/carson-arrested-sheriff-warrant http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6598324-113/friday-checkpoint-dui-carson A Carson City man was sentenced to two to six years in prison on one count of home invasion and one count of subordination of perjury Tuesday morning in district court. Dennis Harrison Jr., 24, told Judge James Wilson he wants to get treatment for his problem with alcohol. “I do believe that I have a serious alcohol problem. My anger problems are really alcohol problems,” he said. The victim told Wilson that Harrison is a good man when he is not drinking. Harrison pleaded guilty to breaking down her door. “When he drinks, he gets angry, and when he … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6609432-113/harrison-judge-count-prison http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6609082-113/carson-arrested-bail-street A debate over education funding turned bitter on the Nevada Senate floor Tuesday when Democrats accused Republicans of not wanting to compromise on taxes and the GOP minority leader chastised the majority, claiming failed leadership. The finger-pointing during a 90-minute session began when Democratic Majority Leader Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas, announced he had canceled a hearing on a proposal to raise payroll taxes and conceded that without GOP support, Democrats lacked votes for passage to raise taxes. “We are failing our children, kicking the can down the road,” Denis said, at times emotional. “Once again we have put our partisanship … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6615472-113/democrats-senate-nevada-las http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6613569-113/bean-fernley-sparks-duff A 23-year-old man was sentenced to 30 days in jail followed by probation not to exceed five years on a single charge of attempted statutory sexual seduction in district court Monday morning. Jarret Wagner, 23, pleaded guilty in April to attempted statutory sexual seduction for his acts with a 15-year-old girl. Judge James Russell gave him credit for 143 days served in the Carson City Jail. Wagner will have to register as a sex offender. He faced a maximum sentence of a little over 2½ years in the Nevada Department of Corrections. The defense and prosecution agreed with the the … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6596780-113/wagner-judge-carson-district http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6596247-113/carson-arrested-bail-suspicion http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6559208-113/teen-adult-court-carson http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6559658-113/girl-assaulted-ramirez-rodriguez http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6559211-113/arrested-carson-bail-block http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6548068-113/carson-arrested-bail-county http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6552278-113/cain-guilty-pleaded-victim LAS VEGAS — The lead defense attorney in O.J. Simpson’s armed robbery trial had a conflict of interest because he could have been a witness in the case, a lawyer who worked on Simpson’s unsuccessful appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court testified Thursday. Witness Malcolm LaVergne said that defense attorney Yale Galanter’s conflict was that he had given Simpson legal advice regarding his plan to confront sports memorabilia dealers at a Las Vegas hotel in 2007 and take back what he believed was his property. “Mr. Galanter may not have agreed with it, but he enabled him to do it,” … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6552178-113/simpson-galanter-lavergne-cook http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6553800-113/fair-open-office-sheriff http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6519426-113/trial-accused-lay-bowl http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6519321-113/guilty-pleaded-july-carson http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6521427-113/furlong-allegedly-office-sheriff Investigators from multiple agencies are looking into the deaths of five people, four in Fernley and another victim whose body was found in a ditch along Interstate 80. The Associated Press reported on Tuesday the bodies of Robert Pape and Dorothy Pape, both 84, were discovered early Monday in a house in Fernley. Angie Duff, 67, and another man were found dead in a nearby home. The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, the Nevada State Fire Marshall’s Office and the North Lyon County Fire Department continue to investigate the deaths and an associated residential structure fire … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6519936-113/county-fernley-office-bean http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6470042-113/drugs-pounds-carson-210 http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6509673-113/heat-fire-ignition-matter http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6505584-113/probation-woman-carson-charge http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6505532-113/arrested-carson-bail-suspicion LAS VEGAS — A weary-looking O.J. Simpson weighed down by shackles and more than four years in prison shuffled into a Las Vegas courtroom on Monday hoping to eventually walk out a free man. His arrival in court to ask for a new trial in the armed robbery-kidnapping case that sent him to prison in 2008 for up to 33 years could be heard before he was seen — as a loud rattling of the chains that bound his hands to his waist and restrained his feet. His lawyers had unsuccessfully argued to forego the shackles. After the 65-year-old Simpson … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6510178-113/simpson-galanter-bryson-trial A three-car crash on U.S. Highway 395 just before Topsy Lane reduced northbound traffic to one lane Monday afternoon and sent a woman to the hospital. A silver-colored Honda Pilot was coming to a stop at the right light at Topsy Lane and U.S. 395 when a silver-colored Honda Accord rear-ended it. The driver of a dark-colored Jeep Grand Cherokee then swerved to the right to avoid the crash and clipped the back of the Accord, Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. James Simpson said. The woman was transported to the hospital via ambulance for treatment of a neck injury, and another … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6506966-113/crash-lane-topsy-woman A Carson City man was arrested Sunday afternoon after he allegedly started his house on fire by throwing matches onto his mattress. Peyton Bloxton, 51, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree and second-degree arson. According to the arrest report, he was lying in the front of the house, which was on fire, when deputies were able to pull him away. Bloxton was crying and told investigators he wanted to die. The majority of the house burned; the fire was put out by 6 p.m. Bloxton reportedly told investigators he went into his room after a fight with his girlfriend, drank … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6505554-113/fire-bloxton-degree-allegedly http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6467776-113/carson-arrested-bail-meza http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6467790-113/fire-john-floor-business LAS VEGAS — 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. Simpson will take the witness stand to testify that the Florida lawyer who collected nearly $700,000 is to blame for his armed robbery and kidnapping conviction in 2008 and his failed appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court in 2010. Simpson’s testimony in open court will offer a first look at the aging 65-year-old former football star since he was handcuffed and sent to prison more than four years … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6473679-113/simpson-trial-las-vegas http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6454891-113/carson-arrested-bail-block Three people were injured in a collision 4:45 p.m. Thursday at Airport Road and Highway 395. The accident occurred when Gardnerville resident Sabrina Finley, 26, in a green Chevy Tracker tried to cross the northbound lanes of Highway 395 and into the path of a silver GMC Arcadia. The Acadia sport utility vehicle driven by David Aced, 71, of Modesto, Calif., collided with the Tracker, knocking it over onto its side. Finley had to be cut from the wreckage of her vehicle. Nevada Highway Patrol trooper Barbara Stapleton said Finley and a passenger in the Arcadia, Susan Aced, were transported … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6464285-113/highway-395-finley-airport http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6440711-113/carson-bail-arrested-block http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6426966-113/moreno-shooting-williams-deadly http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6426976-113/carson-arrested-bail-block http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6426997-113/diversion-court-district-federal http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6415598-113/court-dui-sentenced-davis http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6378884-113/carson-bail-arrested-suspicion Vandals damaged 15 golf carts and two maintenance vehicles at Empire Ranch Golf Course, leaving four of the carts on the lake on the course and two in the river. “They tore into the wall” to gain access to the carts, head golf professional Sean Boggs said. “They ripped open the panels” of corrugated steel. The cart barn is directly beneath the Empire Ranch’s main building. “They just constantly drove these things around,” Sheriff Ken Furlong said. Boggs estimated total damage at $100,000 to $150,000. The vandalism happened between 8:30 p.m. Thursday and 6 a.m. Friday. Two carts are missing, … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6379279-113/golf-carts-course-boggs http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6369914-113/students-acid-county-create http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6337141-113/fire-fireworks-investigators-ruben http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6337129-113/cook-prison-victim-carson http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6340998-113/carson-arrested-bail-block http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6328587-113/morning-fireworks-training-airport http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6314696-113/guilty-3500-bank-checks http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6314712-113/run-carson-memorial-county http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6314708-113/carson-arrested-bail-suspicion Hilary Larivee has spent almost half of her life working toward becoming a firefighter. On Friday, she graduated from the fire academy in Carson City. On Saturday, she started the first day of the rest of her working life, a 48-hour shift for her new employer, the Storey County Fire Department. “I’m going to jump in, I’d say, head first. I hope my experience on an ambulance and the reserves makes it a little smoother for me,” 30-year-old Larivee said. Larivee was the only woman in the fire academy and previously worked for years on ambulances in Reno and then … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6258053-113/fire-academy-larivee-recruits http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6291762-113/kumra-court-estate-former http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6273605-113/carson-arrested-bail-jail A Dayton man accused of killing a Carson City man during a confrontation on Super Bowl Sunday was bound over to district court Friday afternoon. Justice of the Peace John Tatro bound David Michael Grimes, 32, over on charges of open murder with a deadly weapon and battery with a deadly weapon causing substantial bodily harm. Grimes is accused of firing a single shot through James Lay’s chest, puncturing his heart and other organs, before Lay died in front of his Washington Street house around 8:35 p.m. Feb. 3. Grimes will be arraigned in district court at 9 a.m. May … ]]> http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/crime/6273552-113/grimes-lay-testified-donyelle