March 2015

The grim reality of Officer Safety

U.S. v Robert Lindsey et. al. (“The Long Arm of the Law”)

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In 1994, prosecuted Lindsey and two others in massive Mexico to Arizona to Las Vegas to Ohio marijuana distribution network and related money laundering. All three received sentences in excess of ten-year mandatory minimums.  Two other Kent, Ohio residents – defendant’s father and a businessmen and local politico, were charged with money laundering.  In addition to prison sentences, …

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The grim reality of Officer Safety

U.S. v Edmond et. al. (“Strip Under Siege – Part I”)

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In 1992, tried and convicted four Los Angeles Crip gang members, including Calvin Springer, a member of the feared “Springer Family” (identified as such by the FBI) of Conspiracy, Armed Bank Robbery, and Use of Firearms in the first of what would become a string of violent gang takeover robberies perpetrated in Las Vegas. At …

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The grim reality of Officer Safety

U.S. v Jacob Sherwood and Ray Marion Cuddy (“Strip Under Siege – Part II”)

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In 1994, tried two of the men who extorted $1.45 million from the Mirage Hotel and Casino in 1993 by kidnapping the daughter of Mirage Resorts CEO Steve Wynn. A third defendant pled and cooperated with the Government. Cuddy was the ringleader and a failed Newport Beach, California, businessman; the accomplices he recruited were young …

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Chet Govan Headline

U.S. v Govan et. al. (“Strip Under Siege – Part III”)

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Prosecuted five Los Angeles Crips, including the first juvenile transferred to District Court in Nevada, for the takeover robbery of Harrah’s Hotel and Casino. The surveillance video of the thugs jumping into the casino cage, with one holding around the neck with a gun to his head, was shown extensively on national media, creating a …

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Joseph Bailie Headline

U.S. v Joseph Bailie and Ellis Hurst (“Anti-Government Poster Boys”)

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After conducting an extensive investigation into the attempted bombing of the IRS offices in Reno with a fertilizer bomb, charged two subjects with perjury and false statements (convicted one after trial, the other was convicted after trial by another AUSA). Indicted Bailie and Hurst for Conspiracy, Attempted Arson by Explosives, Use of Firearm (to wit: …

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True Las Vegas Crime Story, Rick Lee Archer, Gene DiUlio

The Ultimate Escape Artists: A True Las Vegas Crime Story

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A True Las Vegas Crime Story: U.S. v Rick Lee Archer and Gene DiUlio (“The Ultimate Escape Artists”) This true Las Vegas crime story is about Rick Lee Archer and Gene DiUlio. These two defendants, members of the Aryan Brotherhood, were the last prisoners to escape from a federal maximum security facility (Lompoc, CA). They then …

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