Deobra Redden will be spending as much as 65 years behind bars for jumping over a Las Vegas court bench and repeatedly assaulting a judge.
Redden, 31, of Las Vegas, was sentenced this week for between 26 and 65 years, his attorney, Carl Arnold, a Nevada criminal defense lawyer, revealed on Wednesday.
He explained that Redden pleaded “guilty but mentally ill” to attempted murder and five other counts, NBC News reported. Some of the other charges included: battery of a protected person age 60 or older resulting in substantial bodily harm, intimidating a public officer, and battery by a prisoner.
Initially, he was indicted on nine charges. Earlier this year, Redden pled not guilty and later was placed on trial. But his trial ended when he agreed to the plea bargain.
The agreement between the two legal teams “reflects a delicate balance between accepting responsibility for a regrettable incident and recognizing the impact of Mr. Redden’s untreated mental illness at the time,” Arnold said.
The incident took place on January 3 when Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus announced at the Regional Justice Center that she was sending him to prison on a prior attempted battery charge. He suddenly hurled obscenities and leaped at Holthus while she was seated on the bench.
She required medical attention for her injuries. Other officials in the courtroom at the time also suffered injuries when they tried to restrain Redden.
During the recent trial, Arnold revealed that Redden failed to take a schizophrenia medication the day of the attack.
The judge who sentenced Redden was Susan Johnson.
Man Faces Trial for Allegedly Stabbing Woman
A man is heading to court after he was accused of slashing a woman last month at a Downtown Las Vegas motel.
Ryan Heider was charged with attempted murder with the use of a deadly weapon, first-degree kidnapping with the use of a deadly weapon, and battery with the use of a deadly weapon.
The victim attempted to flee from the unnamed Fremont Street motel room, but Heider stopped her, police said. He then repeatedly stabbed her, police added.
Later, he was arrested for the November 22 knifing when he was located at a parking lot of a Sahara Avenue car dealership.
When speaking with Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) officers, the victim admitted she provided the suspect sex in exchange for money, according to Las Vegas TV station KLAS.
She was stabbed in the back and stomach. Her injuries were described by police as “life threatening.”
LVMPD Officer Killed on I-15
A Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) officer, identified as Colton Pulsipher, was fatally injured following a Thursday morning crash on I-15 in Nevada.
The other driver was heading the wrong way on the freeway’s northbound lanes near the Valley of Fire State Park, according to Las Vegas TV station KLAS.
Pulsipher, 29, was off-duty at the time. He had just completed a shift and was driving his personal vehicle when the collision took place at about 12:30 a.m.
Another man also died from the collision. A woman was injured but is expected to survive. One of these other two people was the wrong-way driver, according to news reports.
Their identities weren’t immediately released.
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