'Rot in hell' victim's mother tells convicted rapist

Wednesday, January 28th, 2015, 1:43pm

LAS VEGAS -- A 25-year-old Saudi Arabian air force sergeant will serve a minimum of 35 years in Nevada state prison after being found guilty of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy at a Las Vegas Strip hotel.

Mazen Alotaibi was sentenced to multiple life sentences, according to the Las Vegas courts Twitter account.

That'll make Mazen Alotaibi almost 60 when he's eligible for parole.

The mother of Alotaibi's victim said she wants him "to rot in hell."

A jury found Alotaibi guilty in October 2013 of having sex with the boy at the Circus-Circus hotel after a night drinking cognac at a strip club on New Year's Eve 2012.

Alotaibi's attorneys argued he was too intoxicated to know he was committing a crime.

(Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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Metro: Boy, 3, shoots himself in the leg

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Monday, January 26th, 2015, 11:54am

LAS VEGAS -- Metro Police are investigating a shooting involving a 3-year-old boy Sunday night. Initially, the boy's age was reported as 4.

According to police, preliminary reports show the boy found his parents' handgun and accidentally shot himself in the leg. Both parents were home at the time of the shooting which happened around 7:20 p.m. in the 9100 block of Sparklewood Court near Fort Apache and Gowan roads.

The boy was transported to University Medical Center and is expected to recover.

It is not known yet if charges will be filed against the parents.

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Thursday, January 22nd, 2015, 10:30am

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A federal judge in Las Vegas says she'll rule in the next few days whether undercover investigators illegally searched several Caesars Palace suites in a gambling ring investigation last summer.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Peggy Leen also acknowledged on Thursday the likelihood that her ruling in the case involving Malaysian businessman Wei Seng "Paul" Phua and his son, Darren Wai Kit Phua, will be appealed to a district court judge.

Leen held hearings in December about state and federal agents disconnecting Internet service and posing as Internet repairmen to get inside Caesars Palace hotel suites without a warrant.

Prosecutors say the Phuas were involved in a $13 million illegal Internet gambling ring.

Defense attorneys say the Phuas' rights were violated and the case should be thrown out.

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Tuesday, January 20th, 2015, 4:25pm

Hit-and-run crash on Wed. Jan. 14 at Tropicana and Jones.

LAS VEGAS -- The new year is barely one month old and already five people have been killed in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's jurisdiction.

Four of those deaths were pedestrians.

A task force, the Southern Nevada Traffic Safety Committee, shared ideas Tuesday which included tough new penalties to stop the death and destruction on the roads. The committee is made up law enforcement, business leaders and victim advocates.

Just last week, a 27-year-old man was hit by a car near Tropicana Avenue and Jones Boulevard. His body was tossed into nearby bushes. It was two hours after the crash before he was discovered.

Police are still searching for the driver.

Lawmakers want to stiffen penalties to stop people from fleeing the scenes of crashes.

"It's a simple message, drive safe, buckle up, obey the limits, obey the street signs," said Lt.

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Gov. Sandoval unveils budget with $1.1 billion tax increase

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Friday, January 16th, 2015, 8:04am

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Gov. Brian Sandoval has unveiled a budget that would raise taxes by $1.1 billion and give the majority of that back to Nevada schools.

"My budget will make sure students are college ready by graduation," Gov. Sandoval said.

The proposal unveiled Thursday evening in Sandoval's State of the State address calls for restructuring the flat, $200-a-year business license fee into a fee that varies based on a company's gross receipts and industry type. It also calls for making temporary "sunset" taxes permanent.

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Monday, January 12th, 2015, 5:39pm

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The Canadian R&B artist known as The Weeknd was arrested in Las Vegas after police say he hit an officer in the head.

Las Vegas Police Officer Laura Meltzer says 24-year-old Abel Tesfaye was arrested early Saturday in a Las Vegas Strip hotel on suspicion of misdemeanor battery of a protected person. He was taken to the Clark County Detention Center, but wasn't listed on the jail roster on Monday.

Meltzer says police were trying to break up a fight on one of the floors when Tesfaye hit an officer on the side of the head with a closed fist.

She says it doesn't appear that the officer was seriously hurt.

The Weeknd was scheduled for a concert Friday at Drai's Nightclub. He's featured on Ariana Grande's "Love Me Harder."

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Friday, January 9th, 2015, 11:56pm

LAS VEGAS -- The Clark County Coroner's Office has identified the man shot and killed during a home invasion near South Cimarron Road and Alta Drive.

The coroner's office said 41-year-old Steven Speidel died from a gunshot wound to the torso. Officers said shortly after 11:30 p.m. Wednesday night, Speidel and another suspect who's still on the run, kicked in the front door of a home located on the 8000 block of Cactus Flower Court.

Police said the armed suspects fired their guns at the homeowner. However, the homeowner was also armed.

Investigators said he fired multiple shots hitting Speidel. Emergency crews transported the Speidel to University Medical Center where he later died.

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