Raising Cain; Father’s Unconditional Support Kept Teen Killer In School
Kip Patten testifying in Toni Fratto’s preliminary hearing this July At least from the time he was 10 years old Kody Patten was considered a monster by almost everyone who…
Judge Mike “Maximum Mike” Memeo To Retire
Elko District Judge Michael Memeo announced his retirement from the bench effective November 1. First elected to the bench in 1996 in a landslide victory over incumbent Thomas Stringfield, Memeo…
Hybrid Drivers Busted For Herb
A trio of Iowa men took the philosophy of going green beyond the law when they were caught with several pounds of marijuana in their hybrid Ford Fusion this week…
Late Wild Fires Hit Deer Hunt
Late season wildfires are putting a crimp in the annual Deer Hunt. According to a Nevada Department of wildlife press release hunters are being asked to avoid the areas where…
West Wendover City Council October 4, 2011
AGENDA 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. COMMENTS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC: Requires a sign in sheet and request of the Council to speak,…
West Wendover Justice Court Arraignments October 4, 2011
Troy David Schiff/Criminal Arraignment Martin Renteria-Estrella/Criminal Arraignment Martin Renteria-Estrella/Criminal Arraignment Joshua Fransisco Ramos/Criminal Arraignment Ruben Villa/Status Hearing Shelby Edwin Lucero/Criminal Arraignment Paul Armand Myers/Citation Arraignment Paul Armand Myers/Citation Arraignment Paul…
Elko District Court Law and Motions September 26, 2011
FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT DEPARTMENT 1 COURT SCHEDULE LAW & MOTION CALENDAR Mon 9-26 1:30 PM – CRIMINAL MATTERS (PUBLIC DEFENDER) CR-FO-10-2397 Anderson, Hunter (DA/Foster) Sentencing (Uttering of a Forged…
Was School District Partly To Blame For Mickey’s Murder?
“You have no idea what kind of monstrous things I’m capable of,” wrote Kody Patten in a note to a substitute teacher two weeks before he murdered Micaela “Mickey” Costanzo.…
Local Boys Now Warriors
Two West Wendover High School graduates became warriors within 24 hours of each other yet half a world away, last week. In one of the oldest cities of the world…