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Utah woman fit for trial in Wendover New Year case

Last updated Wednesday, June 6, 2012 - 2:15pm

ELKO, Nev. -- A Nevada judge declared a Utah woman competent for trial but postponed a ruling about her co-defendant in the New Year's Eve carjacking and shooting of a West Wendover woman.

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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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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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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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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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New charges filed against woman in Utah-Nev. crime spree

Paul Foy The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 5:11pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Authorities on Wednesday filed new charges against a Utah woman suspected in a crime spree involving burglary, shootings and car theft across Utah and Nevada.

The new allegations underscore a case complicated by incomplete charges and dueling arrest warrants from authorities in Utah and Nevada against a pair of suspects that at times acted together and apart, and sometimes with a circle of friends in weeklong alleged crime spree. Authorities say they aren't finished filing charges or adding defendants.

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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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