US attorney: 2 more face drug conspiracy, other charges in Las Vegas boy abduction case

October 8th, 2009 SUV hits 9-year-old on Las Vegas Strip sidewalkLAS VEGAS — An SUV that ran up on a sidewalk on the Las Vegas Strip hit a 9-year-old California boy, causing life-threatening injuries. Las Vegas police say the vehicle apparently went onto the sidewalk and crashed into a fire hydrant Thursday morning across the street from the Mandalay Bay resort on the south end of the Strip.

October 6th, 2009 PI pleads no contest in California conspiracy caseLOS ANGELES — A private investigator who once worked for A-list defendants such as Michael Jackson and Winona Ryder pleaded no contest Tuesday to charges that he tried to pay off a suspected rape victim. Bradley Miller entered his plea to one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice and three counts of bribing a witness.

September 22nd, 2009 Ex-cop sentenced in $60K theft, fleeing to VegasHUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A former Alabama police officer has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for stealing from his department, faking his abduction and fleeing to Las Vegas.

September 11th, 2009 Mexican ex-officials to be tried for drug tiesMEXICO CITY — A Mexico judge ordered eight former top police and prosecution officials in the Caribbean coast state of Quintana Roo to stand trial on charges of aiding drug cartels, the Attorney General's Office said Friday. The trial orders represent one of the most complete sweeps of top law enforcement officers in a Mexican state in recent memory, including the two highest officials of the federal Attorney General's Office in the state, who were arrested earlier this month.

August 26th, 2009 Former Simpson co-defendant completes drug programLAS VEGAS — A former O.J. Simpson co-defendant says he's completed the inpatient drug treatment a judge sent him to instead of prison for a probation violation.

August 24th, 2009 41 indicted in $2 million-a-month Denver meth ringDENVER — Colorado authorities say they've broken up a drug ring responsible for importing and distributing more than $2 million worth of methamphetamine in the Denver area each month. State Attorney General John Suthers said Monday 41 people have been indicted.

August 21st, 2009 Trial begins in fatal Vegas Strip bombing caseLAS VEGAS — A prosecutor showed jurors a video of a parking lot bombing outside a Las Vegas Strip hotel in 2007. Prosecutor David Stanton then took the lid from a foam coffee cup in his hand and revealed a replica of the small pipe bomb that killed 24-year-old Willebaldo Dorantes Antonio outside the Luxor hotel-casino.

August 19th, 2009 Ex-ACORN Vegas director to testify against groupLAS VEGAS — A former Las Vegas director for a political advocacy group accused of illegally paying canvassers to register voters during last year's presidential campaign has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge and agreed to testify against the group and another employee. Chief Deputy Nevada Attorney General Conrad Hafen said Wednesday that Christopher Edwards' plea deal strengthens a felony case against the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now and Amy Busefink, a former regional voter registration director for ACORN.

August 17th, 2009 Las Vegas tourism to hire a terrorist analystLAS VEGAS — Tourism officials in Las Vegas plan to hire a terrorist intelligence analyst in part to assure conventioneers that they will be safer in Las Vegas than if they meet in other cities. The board of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority approved about $480,000 in funding for the next three years for the position.

July 1st, 2009 Criminal charges filed against Beazer HomesATLANTA — Federal prosecutors in North Carolina have filed criminal fraud conspiracy charges against Beazer Homes USA. The Atlanta-based homebuilder has been under scrutiny for certain business and financial practices.

June 25th, 2009 Afghan faces drug charges in USWASHINGTON — An Afghan citizen was flown to the United States on Wednesday and arraigned on drug charges. Haji Bagcho landed at Andrews Air Base early Wednesday and was arraigned in U.S.

June 23rd, 2009 Customs officer, wife plead guilty in drug caseTUCSON, Ariz. — A federal customs officer at the San Luis Port of Entry and his wife pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery and to import the drug Ecstasy.

June 9th, 2009 Verdict for terror suspect set for WednesdayATLANTA — A federal judge will soon decide the fate of a former Georgia Tech student charged with plotting to aid a terrorist group. Syed Haris Ahmed could face up to 15 years in prison on charges that he was part of a conspiracy to provide material support to terrorism in the U.S.

May 4th, 2009 Nevada charges ACORN illegally paid to sign votersLAS VEGAS — Nevada authorities are accusing the political advocacy group ACORN and two former employees of illegally paying canvassers to sign up new voters last year. Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto filed charges Monday alleging the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now had policies requiring employees in Las Vegas to sign up 20 new voters per day or be fired.

April 22nd, 2009 Sierra Leone sends 3 to US to face drug chargesFREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Sierra Leone authorities say three men convicted of drug smuggling have been sent to the U.S. where they are wanted on similar charges.