district attorney steve wolfson says he's happy with the plea agreement... because stokes will never get out of prison. " steve wolfson- this is what i would call las vegas justice we have great lawyers in my office the defendants lawyers did a good job but the bottom line is this woman did a horrendous thing she will never get out of prison and thats what justice is district attorney wolfson says he he worked alongside the family of jade morris throughout the plea deal and says they were happy with the outcome. another part of stokes' agreement is that she waived all of her rights to an appeal... reporting live cyndi lundeberg fox 5 news local las vegas. in total - stokes pleaded guilty to five charges... kidnapping... murder.. burglary... attempted murder and mayhem - all with a deadly weapon. bail has been set for a metro police officer facing domestic violence charges. james burt's bail is set at 75- thousand dollars as a result of an incident that occured late monday night at his valley home fox5's les krifaton joins us live from outside the clark count

district attorney steve wolfson says lakeisha holloway remains here without bail... december 20th police say she drove her car up onto the sidewalk near planet hollywood... i spoke to one of happenned its just something you dont think youd ever experience in your life a month after he was plowed down on the las vegas strip... 18 year old christian guerra says his physical injuries have healed... his mental injuries are taking a little longer. christian guerra- physically im pretty fine im pretty sore i can stil feel i guess mentally still kind of there we keep encouraging him to go talk to counselors at school because hes not sleeping very good lakeisha holloway the 24 year old woman accused of intentionally driving her car onto the strip... injuring 35 people.. and killing one woman.. appeared in court wednesday to face a total of 71 felony charges brought by district attorney steve wolfson. if she was found guilty and they ran together shed be looking at a lot of years in prison she is looking at a lot of years in prison i feel like she got what she got coming to h

appeared in court wednesday to face a total of 71 felony charges brought by district attorney steve wolfson. if she was found guilty and they ran together shed be looking at a lot of years in prison she of years in prison i feel like she got what she got coming to her its definetly what she deserved for what she did a witness described seeing people flying like pieces of paper. holloways oldest victim was around 60 years old... the youngest hurt was 11. she was arrested about a mile away. nats"lakeisha holloway case number -----" the victims of the deadly assault say holloway isn't the only one dealing with the memories of that night... i still have dreams actually i guess itd be nightmares i have dreams where im in the one in a car and things are going out of control district attorney steve wolfson says at the time of the lakeisha holloway had marijuana in her system and says it was definetly enough to impair her. she's going to be back in court on february 4th. cyndi lundeberg fox 5 news local las vegas there is still no clear motive for the crash. if convicted on than a thousand years in

detectives met with clark county district attorney steve wolfson to hand over a criminal affidavit naming mary jo frazier, former manager of boulder city animal control, on 37 felony counts of animal cruelty. but multiple sources familiar with the story told to the i-team that wolfson got an earful about much more. boulder city officials continue to claim that police administrator conger did the right thing when he allowed mary jo frazier to retire rather than face criminal charges. in april of 2015, conger was told about widespread problems at the animal shelter by animal control employee ann inabnitt. a police investigation identified 91 dogs and cats that had been euthanized by frazier without waiting the required 5 days or getting an outside vet to sign off. documents obtained by the i-team show the actual number of suspicious euthanizations is closer to 1300. the city to be embarrassed and decided on his own the case would be tough to prove in court. however, the da was told last week that ann inabnitt initially warned conger about problems at the shelter a full year earlier, in apri

clark county d-a steve wolfson filed new felony charges against holloway - including 30 counts of attempted murder - bringing the total to 71. a judge set a court date for february 4-th her attorney says she plans to plead not guilty. the nevada taxicab authority may be losing its authority in its future. a new audit says its cheating tens of millions of dollars from passengers. fox 5's ophelia young is live - from the taxi pickup area - at mccarran international airport. in this report auditors claim - riders are paying as much as 47 million dollars too much for their rides - and they blame the board members of the taxicab authority. the report criticizes decisions they've made in recent card fee- saying clark county is one of a few places that has one at all. they also go into a decision to reallocate a fuel surcharge. the authority approved temporarily raising mileage rates when gas prices went up. when gas prices dropped - the report says they somehow found a way to keep the surcharge. "what they actually did was take about half and put it into the permanent rate so part of that 20 cent

steve wolfson, clark county district attorney "i had to appoint a deputy district attorney about a year ago to specialize in the prosecution of animal abusers and i'm sorry to say she's a busy prosecutor." with more than 10- thousand adoptions last year, the intention is to continue to give all animals forever homes. just in the half hour i've been here i've been able to touch about a dozen animals. none of them were them were anything but wanting to go home. christine maddela fox5 local las vegas>> the animal foundation also launched a website to increase transparency and allow the public to track the progress of the program. we have a link posted with this story on our website, fox5 vegas dot com. now fox weather 24/7 with cassandra jones good morning i'm cassandra jones with fox5. the warming continues for us today through saturday with mid to upper 60s expected. saturday afternoon we'll see southwest gusts to 35 mph with increasing clouds. area showers rain is expected on sunday with the best chance being in the afternoon. we'll see a high of just 57 degrees on sunday. sunday will a

district attorney steve wolfson says her sentences will run together without the possibility of parole... we have new information on a a metro police officer accused of battery. we now know that officer was fired years ago for a similar incident with his ex wife. that came out in court today when he appeared to face allegations by his current girlfriend. fox5's les the clark county detention center to tell us what happened... and how he was after his 2011 arrest. history played a part in today's court appearance when a past arrest for domestic violence was brought up. burt's attorney argued that had nothing to do with this latest incident, the d.a. argued otherwise cuffed to his sides and wearing leg irons one of metro's own appeared in court...on the charges connected to domestic dispute. how do you plead to those charges? not guilty your honor. according to the arrest report james burt a veteran metro officer got into an argument with his live in girlfriend. she told arresting officers when she tried to leave burt dragged her out of her car into the house injuring her neck and bruisi

clark county d-a steve wolfson filed new felony charges against holloway - including 30 counts of attempted murder - bringing the total to 71. a judge set a court date for february 4-th her attorney says she plans to plead scott coffee / deputy public defender "she's doing better, she's still guarded, there are some concerns about her mental condition. she was in that 24 hour watch situation for weeks wich is highly unusual in my experience. there were concerns about her mental health, there are still concerns, but she's stableized." prosecutors say marijuana was in her system at the time of the crash. holloway told investigators that she was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol. fixing one of the valley's busy roads is a priority this year.. it was for the racetrack road improvement project in henderson. city officials kicked off a 7- point-3 million dollar project that includes replacing or resurfacing racetrack road from boulder highway to athens avenue. it's being paid for at the gas pump.. called fuel revenue indexing. henderson city councilwoman debra march said it's calculated

clark county d-a steve wolfson filed new felony charges against holloway - including 30 counts of attempted murder - bringing the total to 71. a judge set a court date for february 4-th her attorney says she plans to plead not guilty. joe abood / deputy public defender "we've got a client who's in a very difficult mental state that we have to pay attention to, there's a lot more information coming." the attorney says holloway has been taken off suicide watch - but remains in jail. prosecyutors say marijuana was in her system at the time of the crash. holloway told investigators that the influence of drugs or alcohol. a federal trial date has been set for a las vegas man accused of posting facebook threats to harm president obama. court records show the jury trial for tyrone paul ponthieux is scheduled for april 18. in june - he pleaded not guilty in u-s district court on charges that he made threats against the president - in addition to drug charges. he's accused of posting a message in 2014 for people to get guns and shoot congressmen, senators and the president - and to use a wood- the j

steve wolfson- this was a very very ugly heinous needless killing of a 10 year old girl not to mention the slashing and mayhem of the adult woman terrence- its always going to be apart of my life i dont think there was enough justice for the morris family... brenda stokes took one of the best things in their life... and no prison sentence.... can ever make it right terence we still suffer today so much (sobs) and i just want her to know that she took away gods gift... gods gift to the world brenda williams told me she talked to her son philip, thats jade's father, she says her son was in tears because he was upset that stokes was never going to face the death penalty. cyndi lundeberg fox vegas. with the plea agreement brenda stokes will not be elligible for parole... and can never appeal. she will be formally sentenced march 9th. a suspect is behind bars this morning in connection with a deadly shooting back in october. that's when metro police found a man dead from gunshot wounds at an apartment complex near lake mead and torrey pines. 24-year-old "jimmy robinson" was arrested near ri

steve wolfson, clark county district attorney "i had to appoint a deputy district attorney about a year ago to specialize in the prosecution of animal abusers and i'm sorry to say she's a busy prosecutor." with more than 10- thousand adoptions last year, the intention is to continue to give all animals forever homes. just in the half hour i've been here i've been able to touch about a dozen animals. none of them were aggressive. none of but wanting to go home. the animal foundation also launched a website to increase transparency and allow the public to track the progress of the program - at mission impossible 2020 dot vegas. we'll have a link posted with this story on our website, fox5 vegas dot com. toss to weather the warm up for us from thursday through saturday is on track with mid to upper 60s expected. saturday afternoon we'll see southwest gusts to 25 mph with increasing clouds. area showers are expected on sunday with the best chance being in the afternoon. we'll see a high of just 58 degrees on sunday. sunday will also keep the chance of showers for at least the first half of

appeared in court wednesday to face a total of 71 felony charges brought by district attorney steve wolfson. if she was found guilty and they ran together shed be looking at a lot of years in prison she is looking at a lot of years in prison i feel like she got what she got coming to her its definetly what she deserved for what she did a witness described seeing people flying like pieces of paper. holloways oldest victim was around 60 years old... the youngest hurt was 11. she was arrested about a mile away. nats"lakeisha holloway case deadly assault say holloway isn't the only one dealing with the memories of that night... i still have dreams actually i guess itd be nightmares i have dreams where im in the one in a car and things are going out of control lakeisha holloway is back in court on february 4th... at that point her attorneys say her preliminary hearing may be scheduled. reporting live cyndi lundeberg fox 5 news local a motive for why holloway may have done this remains unclear. according to holloways arrest police that just she had been trying to sleep in her car with her daughte

steve wolfson, clark county district attorney "i had to appoint a deputy district attorney about a year ago to specialize in the prosecution of animal abusers and i'm sorry to say with more than 10- thousand adoptions last year, the intention is to continue to give all animals forever homes. just in the half hour i've been here i've been able to touch about a dozen animals. none of them were aggressive. none of them were anything but wanting to go home. the animal foundation also launched a website to increase transparency and allow the public to track the progress of the program. we'll have a link posted with this story on our website, fox5 vegas dot com. americans are finding more creative ways to make a living... beyond the typical 40 hour work- week. for the first time in a decade... the u-s department of labor will try to figure out how many people work an "in demand" job... something we see a lot of in las vegas. these jobs include gigs like being an uber driver, selling things on ebay or other sites, or renting out rooms for travelers. the last time the government collected this

steve wolfson- this was a very very ugly heinous needless killing of a 10 year old girl not to mention the slashing and mayhem of the adult woman terrence- its always going to be apart of my life i dont think there was enough justice for the morris family... brenda stokes took one of the best things in their life... and no prison sentence.... can ever make it right terence we still suffer today so much (sobs) and i just want her to away gods gift... gods gift to the world part of brenda stokes plea agreement is she will not be elligible for parole... and can never appeal. she will be formally sentenced march 9th. reproting live cyndi lundeberg fox 5 news local las vegas. brenda stokes also had a history of violence before the murder... in missippi she attacked a former lover with a razor blade... but charges were never filed. in 2001 stokes was charged after hitting her supervisor over the head wit a hot coffee pot after a job performance meeting at mccarran international airport. the case was dropped after stokes completed counseling. solar customers and employees aren't the only ones

steve wolfson, represented holland when he was first arrested by henderson police. this happened before wolfson was elected district attorney in 20- 12. during jury selection, langford read a long lost of potential witnesses who may be called to the stand. among them are law enforcement and three of holland's alledged victims. the youngest one is now 12 years old. defense attorney, carmine colucci, told potential jurors his client has pleaded not guilty to all charges including sexual assault of a minor under the age of 16....and lewdness. he also named one witness who may be called to testify. colucci did not specify if holland will be taking the stand. but prosecutor langford believes the defendant will testify in his own defense. ((karen castro)) jury selection will resume tomorrow. opening statements are expected to begin on wednesday at the very latest. the trial is expected to last about a week. if convicted, holland faces life reporting live, karen castro, 8 news now./// ((dave courvoisier)) > taking action. ((paula francis)) how president obama plans to clos

the sena children reached out to district attorney steve wolfson in a nearly 700- word letter... asking his office to back off deborah and terri sena. in the letter... they say they're now aged 17- to- 25 and -quote- "we understand what is going on and what went on in our lives. we know we are victims of christopher sena. we know our mothers were also victims of christopher sena." they go on to say sena used their mothers for three reasons... to - quote- "satisfy his perverted desires, to make videos that he could use as blackmail against our mothers, and ultimately to try to get our mothers thrown in prison if our father was ever caught." the four ended the letter with -quote- "we ask that you help us get our mothers back. then we will help you make sure that our father dies in prison." we reached out to the d-a's office to comment on the letter... they've yet to get back to us./// ((dave courvoisier)) > we're learning more tonight about the oakland raiders and their possible bid to move the team patrick walker explains what we know so far about the chances of landing the n-f-l

last week, boulder city detectives met with clark county district attorney steve wolfson to hand over a criminal affadavit naming mary jo frazier, former manager of boulder city animal control, on 37 felony counts of animal cruelty. but multiple sources familiar with the story told to the i-team that wolfson got an earful about much more. boulder city officials continue to claim that police administrator conger did the right thing when he allowed mary in april of 2015, conger was told about widespread problems at the animal shelter by animal control employee ann inabnitt. a police investigation identified 91 dogs and cats that had been euthenized by frazier without waiting the required 5 days or getting an outside vet to sign off. documents obtained by the i-team show the actual number of suspicious euthenizations is closer to 1300. conger reportedly didn't want the city to be embarrassed and decided on his own the case court. however, the da was told last week that ann inabnitt initially warned conger about problems at the shelter a full year earlier, in april 2014. in that instance,

last week, boulder city detectives met with clark county district attorney steve wolfson affidavit naming mary jo frazier, former manager of boulder city animal control, on 37 felony counts of animal cruelty. but multiple sources familiar with the story told to the i-team that wolfson got an earful about much more. boulder city officials continue to claim that police administrator conger did the right thing when he allowed mary jo frazier to retire rather than face criminal charges. in april of 2015, conger was told about widespread problems at the animal shelter by animal control employee ann inabnitt. a police investigation identified 91 dogs and cats that had been euthanized by frazier without waiting the required 5 days or getting an outside vet to sign off. documents obtained by the i-team show the actual number of suspicious euthanizations is closer to 1300. conger reportedly didn't want the city to be embarrassed and decided on his own the case however, the da was told last week that ann inabnitt initially warned conger about problems at the shelter a full year earlier, in april 20

steve wolfson, clark county district attorney "i had to appoint a deputy district attorney about a year ago to specialize in the prosecution of animal abusers and i'm sorry to say she's a busy prosecutor." with more than 10- thousand adoptions last year, the intention is to continue to give all animals forever homes. just in the half hour i've been here i've been able to touch about a dozen animals. none of them were aggressive. none of them were anything but wanting to go home. christine maddela fox5 local las vegas>> the animal foundation also launched a website to increase transparency and allow the public to track the progress of the we have a link to the website posted on our website, fox5 vegas dot com just clink on this story. the rebel basketball team has already proved they can lose to anyone in the mountain west... last night they proved they could beat anyone too... the boys had a big night. a very strong boise state team was in town... it wasn't looking great for the rebels... boise led by 8 points at the half... that's when patrick mccaw took over... the rebels shooting gua

steve wolfson- this was a very very ugly heinous needless killing of a 10 year old girl not to mention the slashing and mayhem of the adult woman terrence- its always going to be apart of my life i dont think there was enough justice for the morris family... brenda stokes took one of the best things in their life... and no prison sentence.... can ever make it right terence we still suffer today so much (sobs) and i just want her to know that she took away gods gift... gods gift to the world abby theodros, fox5 local las vegas>> as part of brenda as part of brenda stokes plea agreement, she will not be eligible for parole... and can never appeal the ruling. she will be formally sentenced march 9th. a scary scene in florida after a passenger train collides with an s-u-v. authorities say it happened late last night in jacksonville. police say the s- u-v was illegally stopped on the tracks when it was hit. the driver of the s-u-v died. no one on the train was injured. amtrak says the lights and crossing arms were operating properly at the time. the cause of the crash remains under investig

steve wolfson- this was a very very ugly heinous needless killing of a 10 year old girl not to mention the slashing and mayhem of the adult woman terrence- its always going to be apart of my life i dont think there was enough justice for the morris family... brenda stokes took one of the best things in their life... and no prison sentence.... can ever make it right terence we still suffer today so much (sobs) and i just want her to away gods gift... gods gift to the world brenda williams... tells me today she spoke to her son phillip... jades father... she says he was in tears because stokes was never going to face the death penalty for the crime. williams also tells me after stokes killed her granddaughter... she came looking for her... ill have those details at 11. reporting live cyndi lundeberg fox 5 news local las vegas. stokes will be formally charged on march 9th. a metro police officer-- facing domestic violence charges... make a court appearance. bail was set at 75 thousand dollars for james burt. burt is charged with kidnapping in the first degree and battery after a physical

steve wolfson, "i had to appoint a deputy district attorney about a year ago to specialize in the prosecution of animal abusers and i'm sorry to say she's a busy prosecutor." with more than 10- thousand adoptions last year, the intention is to continue to give all animals forever homes. just in the half hour i've been here i've been able to touch about a dozen animals. none of them were aggressive. none of them were anything but wanting to go home. the animal foundation also launched a website to increase transparency and allow the public to track the progress of the program - at mission impossible 2020 dot vegas. we'll have a link posted with this story on our website, fox5 vegas dot com. now fox5 weather 24/7, with chief meterologist ted pretty the warm up for us from thursday through saturday is on track with mid to upper 60s southwest gusts to 25 mph with increasing clouds. area showers are expected on sunday with the best chance being in the afternoon. we'll see a high of just 58 degrees on sunday. sunday will also feature gusts to 25 mph at times. we keep the chance of showers for at le