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Jury convicts Johnson Lane man on multiple drug trafficking counts

Robert Vieth Wilson, 66, was remanded to the custody of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office without bail pending his Dec. 6 sentencing date.

Lack of evaluation delays another sentencing

A wrap-up of cases in Douglas County District Court

Reported motorcycle gang member arrested on weapons and drug charges

Jay Prater, 40, was taken into custody by the Regional Gang Unit, Douglas County Street Enforcement Team, the Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms and U.S. Marshal’s Service.

Witnesses relive night of Indian Hills shootout

Witnesses relived a May 4, 2019, shootout in an Indian Hills cul-de-sac on Monday during the sentencing of the man determined to be responsible.

Sentencing delayed in drunken driving with death

Relatives of Laura Staugaard, who was killed in a Feb. 28, 2020, drunken driving collision testified on Monday about their loss

Hell’s Kitchen thief faces decade in prison

A South Lake Tahoe man who failed to turn up for his sentencing for burglarizing Hell’s Kitchen at Lake Tahoe will have to wait in jail until Nov. 3.

Attempted bribery leads to prison term

A man who is the subject of a federal warrant for allegedly groping a woman on a flight was sentenced to 12-30 months in prison on Tuesday for trying to bribe a deputy

Check forger receives 90-month prison sentence

A man who raided mailboxes for checks he could forge was sentenced to 36-90 months in prison

East Fork arrest warrant issued in Ranchos murder cases

An arrest warrant has been issued in the shooting deaths of two Gardnerville Ranchos women within three days of one another in January 2019. Wilber Martinez-Guzman will remain in custody in Washoe County while awaiting trial in two murders there.

Defendant gets new sentencing in DUI reckless driving conviction

The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a new sentencing hearing for a man convicted of reckless driving in a crash that left two dead.

Cave Rock “burn-out” session results in traffic arrest

A large group of motorcycles doing “burn-outs” for a video blocked traffic Sept. 19on Highway 50 near Cave Rock tunnel.

Douglas short a public defender

A fifth of the roughly 100 defendants requiring a court-appointed attorney are going to require new counsel after one of Douglas County’s five public defenders withdrew from his contract effective Oct. 1.

Drug trafficking trial set to start Oct. 19

A long-time Johnson Lane resident Robert Vieth Wilson is denying multiple counts of drug trafficking