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Man in NV classmate’s killing set for sentencing

Last updated Friday, August 24, 2012 - 11:55am

ELKO, Nev. — One of two people accused in the March 2011 killing of a West Wendover High School classmate is set for sentencing in Elko.

Kody Cree Patten is set for a hearing Friday morning. He pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in May in a deal that spares him from the death penalty.

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Wendover teen gets life in prison for classmate's killing

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, April 16, 2012 - 2:10pm

ELKO, Nev. — One of two West Wendover High School students accused of killing a classmate and burying her in the desert near the Utah-Nevada border has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole.

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Mental exam ordered for man charged in Utah-Nev. crime spree

Contributed Elko Daily Free Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 11:54am

ELKO, Nev. -- A 24-year-old man facing charges in a Nevada-Utah crime spree will undergo a mental evaluation before entering pleas to seven felonies related to the kidnapping of a West Wendover woman.

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Forest Service official defends decision to close roads

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, March 12, 2012 - 3:23pm

ELKO, Nev. — A U.S. Forest Service regional official on Monday defended the agency’s decision to close some roads in national forests across the West as an unpopular but necessary response to a rapid increase of off-road vehicle travel.

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Bishop to chair House panel hearing on roads in Elko

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, March 12, 2012 - 6:30am

ELKO, Nev. -- A congressional panel is in northeast Nevada for a field hearing on what critics say is excessive environmental regulation on federal lands across the West.

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Attempted murder trial in Elko set for Utah woman

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 9, 2012 - 5:17pm

ELKO, Nev. -- A 26-year-old Utah woman has been ordered to stand trial for attempted murder and nearly a dozen other felony charges in connection with a multi-state crime spree that included the attempted kidnapping and shooting of a Nevada woman.

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Postal service to close Elko mail processing plant

Cristina Silva The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 24, 2012 - 11:11am

ELKO, Nev. — Nevada has emerged as both a winner and a loser in a nationwide overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service.

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Utah man to stand trial in Wendover carjacking

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 17, 2012 - 6:01pm

ELKO, Nev. — A Nevada judge has ordered a Utah man to stand trial for a New Year’s Eve carjacking.

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Utah murder suspect to remain in Nevada jail

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 3:15pm

ELKO, Nev. — A 24-year-old man suspected of killing a Utah couple during a crime spree in December will remain in jail in Nevada for at least two more months.

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W. Wendover teen pleads guilty in classmate's killing

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, January 28, 2012 - 10:23am

ELKO, Nev. -- One of two West Wendover High School students accused of killing a classmate and burying her in the desert has pleaded guilty in a Nevada court to a reduced charge in a plea deal that spares her the death penalty.

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Ross Andreson/Elko Daily Free Press. Toni Fratto looks at Elko District Attorney Mark Torvinen during a preliminary hearing Wednesday. Fratto is one of two 18-year-olds accused of murdering Micaela Costanzo in March in West Wendover. Behind Fratto is one of her defense attorneys, David Lockie.

Wendover woman taking plea deal in classmate's killing

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - 1:19pm

ELKO, Nev. -- One of two West Wendover High School students accused of killing a classmate and burying her in the desert has signed a plea deal that would spare her a possible death sentence or life without parole if she's convicted.

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Suspect in Utah-Nev. crime spree waives extradition

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, January 8, 2012 - 8:26am

ELKO, Nev. -- A Utah woman arrested in Nevada in connection with a two-state crime spree has waived extradition to Utah where she's a suspect in the killing of an elderly couple.

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Criminal charges filed in Utah-Nev crime spree

Ken Ritter The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, January 5, 2012 - 5:29pm

ELKO, Nev — A Utah man and a woman have been charged with conspiracy, kidnapping, armed robbery and stealing vehicles in a crime spree that investigators believe started in central Utah before ending in Nevada’s cold desert.

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This image provided by Elko County, Nev., Sheriff's Dept. shows Angela Atwood, 24, who was arrested Jan. 3, 2012 in Nevada on suspicion of killing an elderly Utah couple, driving to Nevada in a stolen car, then shooting a woman during a botched carjacking. (AP Photo/Elko County Sheriff's Dept.)

Suspects in Utah-Nevada crime spree held in jail

Paul Foy The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, January 4, 2012 - 2:54pm

ELKO, Nev. — The suspects in the killing of an elderly Utah couple and the shooting of a Nevada woman who fought off a carjacking are being held in a Nevada jail on suspicion of kidnapping, robbery and an attempted murder charge.

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