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11-13-17
The Perfect Crime
– Hundreds of millions of dollars legally stolen from
wealthy Las Vegas retirees and disabled residents
– All Complaints Against Jared Shafer Dropped
No Further Charges Pending - LVMPD
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11-6-17
through
10-23-17
Steve was off these weeks
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10-16-17
Speculation On Why Jared Shafer Has Not Yet Been Indicted
– "Adam Woodrum, an estate lawyer in Las Vegas,
(worked with) several wards and their families
who have brought their complaints to the police.
'They can’t even get their foot in the door,' he said."
The New Yorker Magazine, Oct. 9, 2017
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10-9-17
through
9-25-17
Steve was off these weeks
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9-18-17
Jason Hanson Goes To Court
– Federal Court Judge Rules In Favor
Of Guardianship Abuse Victim
– Overrules defendants 15 times, and remands case
back to state court for an expedited trial
"You could feel the oxygen leave the room the moment Hanson
rolled into court to take his place at the plaintiff's table."
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9-11-17
through
7-31-17
Steve was off these weeks
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7-24-17
Jason Hanson Sues Jared Shafer And Others For Civil Racketeering, Fraud, And Embezzlement
– Majority of Inheritance Stolen Under False Guardianship
"This has to stop." "I want justice."
- Jason Vaughn Hanson
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7-17-17
through
5-22-17
Steve was off these weeks
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5-15-17
ISOLATE, MEDICATE, STEAL THE ESTATE
– Three Secrets Behind The Ongoing Stories Of Guardianship Fraud In Nevada
And The Political Corruption That Enables The Scams To Continue Unabated
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5-8-17
through
4-17-16
Steve was off these weeks
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4-10-17
Jason Hanson's Case May Have Been Compromised
– Requests made to move investigation from local police to FBI after
mysterious visit by LVMPD Abuse and Neglect Detail officer
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4-3-17
Steve is off this week
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3-27-17
Vegas Law Rounds Up Second Crooked Guardian
– April Parks and her lawyer indicted, but the biggest fish remain uncharged
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3-20-17
through
9-5-16
Steve was off these weeks
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8-29-16
Ghost Of Old Soldier Takes Revenge
On Politician, And Private Guardian
– From his grave, a 95 year old WW2 hero exposes
ex-Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto
and her ties to embattled for-hire guardian Jared Shafer
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8-22-16
8-15-16
8-8-16
8-1-16
7-25-16
7-18-16
7-11-16
7-4-16
6-27-16
6-20-16
6-13-16
6-6-16
5-30-16
Steve was off these weeks
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5-23-16
Par For The Course - Part Two
– Professional gambler and golf course developer
Billy Walters arrested for insider trading
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5-16-16
5-9-16
5-2-16
4-25-16
4-18-16
4-11-16
4-4-16
4-25-16
4-18-16
4-11-16
4-4-16
3-28-16
3-21-16
3-14-16
3-7-16
2-29-16
2-22-16
2-15-16
2-8-16
Steve was off these weeks
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2-1-16
Private Guardian Jared Shafer et al. Stole
Cerebral Palsy Victim's Inheritance
Under The Color Of Law
– The measure of a civilization is how it treats its weakest members.
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1-25-16
1-18-16
1-11-16
Steve was off these weeks
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1-4-16
A Vegas Urban Legend
– While doing a recent Internet search, I found this posting on Facebook submitted by my old friend Delilah Jones.
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12-28-15
Steve is off this week
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12-21-15
Embattled Private Guardian April Parks
Censured For Exploiting The Elderly,
Mastermind Jared Shafer Stays
Under The Radar - For Now
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12-14-15
Steve is off this week
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12-7-15
Steve is off this week
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11-30-15
Out Trumping Trump
– "Councilman Steve Miller is a megalomaniac"
Brian Greenspun, Publisher, Las Vegas SUN
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11-23-15
11-16-15
11-9-15
11-2-15
10-26-15
10-19-15
10-12-15
10-5-15
9-28-15
9-21-15
9-14-15
9-7-15
8-31-15
Steve was off these weeks
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8-24-15
Elyse Tyrell, Jared Shafer's lawyer, appears
on verge of tears after being confronted
at Nevada Supreme Court hearing
– Facing State Bar of Nevada complaint from family of exploited elder
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8-17-15
8-10-15
8-3-15
7-27-15
Steve was off these weeks
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7-20-15
Shafer Crashes Guardianship Panel Hearing
– Explosive Episode Filmed By KTNV TV Contact 13
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7-13-15
Steve is off this week
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7-6-15
Jared Shafer's Cronies Elyse Tyrell And William Voy
Appointed To Nevada State Panel To Oversee
Guardianship Abuse Cases Involving Shafer
– After accepting a $3,700 retainer and obtaining confidential information,
Elyse Tyrell told her client, "I represent Jared E. Shafer as
your father's guardian and I do not represent you."
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6-29-15
Steve is off this week
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6-22-15
Steve is off this week
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6-15-15
New Family Court Judge Puts Immediate Stop
To Elder Abuse And Exploitation By For-Hire
"Guardians" Jared Shafer And April Parks
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6-8-15
Steve is off this week
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6-1-15
Steve is off this week
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5-25-15
Jared Shafer's Clark County Family Court Lackeys
Removed From All Guardianship Cases
– Shafer and Wells Fargo Bank sued for RICO
– The goose that laid those golden eggs is COOKED!
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5-18-15
Steve is off this week
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5-11-15
Steve is off this week
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5-4-15
Steve is off this week
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4-27-15
"Guardian" Jared Shafer's Perfect Crime
– A Police Lieutenant tells Clark County Commission that Nevada
laws do not contain adequate criminal penalties to punish court
appointed guardians who financially exploit the elderly or infirm
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4-20-15
Steve is off this week
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4-13-15
Private "Guardian" Jared E. Shafer's Racket
Exposed By Nevada's Largest Newspaper
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4-6-15
Steve is off this week
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3-30-15
Steve is off this week
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3-23-15
Las Vegas Lawyer David Chesnoff's Worst Nightmare
– "Sealed" Malpractice Complaint is Published on AmericanMafia.com
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3-16-15
Steve is off this week
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3-9-15
Jared E. Shafer, Las Vegas Private Guardian
and His Judges Fall Under Investigation
– ABC Affiliate Releases Reports of Court Sanctioned Exploitation
of the Elderly and Disabled, Sin City's Darkest Secret
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3-2-15
2-23-15
2-16-15
2-9-15
2-2-15
1-26-15
1-19-15
1-12-15
1-5-15
Steve was off these weeks
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12-29-14
Steve is off this week
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12-22-14
Attorney David Chesnoff Admits to Possible
Conflict of Interest in Pure Cocktail
Server's Strangulation Case
– The anatomy of a conflict of interest:
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12-15-14
Steve is off this week
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12-8-14
Steve is off this week
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12-1-14
Steve is off this week
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11-24-14
Steve is off this week
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11-17-14
Another Jon Norheim Court Appointed
Guardian Charged With Exploitation
– Family Court Judge Charles Hoskin Issues Letter Replete With
Factual Inaccuracies insulting Families of Exploited Elders
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11-10-14
Steve is off this week
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11-3-14
Politically Connected LV Lawyers Sued For Malpractice
POWER AND PRIVILEGE - Part Two
– LAS VEGAS - On October 24, 2014, Caesars Palace cocktail server Michelle McKenna filed a malpractice lawsuit in U.S. Federal Court against her former attorneys David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld.
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10-27-14
Steve is off this week
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10-20-14
My most embarrassing moments as a Vegas wheel man
– LAS VEGAS (long ago) - I am driven to share these two stories. Not because I'm proud of my actions, but because they're both so "Only in Vegas."
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10-13-14
Steve is off this week
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10-6-14
Steve is off this week
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9-29-14
Steve is off this week
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9-22-14
Steve is off this week
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9-15-14
Steve is off this week
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9-8-14
Jared E. Shafer's Bad Laws Legalize
the Bilking of Las Vegas Retirees
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9-1-14
Steve is off this week |
8-25-14
Steve is off this week |
8-18-14
Steve is off this week |
8-11-14
Las Vegas "guardian" Jared E. Shafer
sued for "embezzling" $420,000.00
from 95 year old former "ward"
– Federal Racketeering lawsuit filed on August 8
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8-4-14
Steve is off this week
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7-28-14
Under color of law, exploiter-guardian
Jared Shafer had a license to steal
the 95th birthday of a WW2 hero
– A loving family were called "kidnappers" for
taking the heroic action of bringing
Guadalupe Olvera home
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7-21-14
Steve is off this week
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7-14-14
Rizzolo Indicted - Again!
– His alleged daughter says he went back into
the strip club business after promising not to
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7-7-14
Steve is off this week
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6-30-14
Private "guardians" Jared E. Shafer and Patience Bristol
sue blind man for libel, now ask taxpayers to pay the bill
– "You're a blind bastard who should never have married a sighted wife!"
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6-23-14
Steve is off this week
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6-16-14
Steve is off this week
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6-9-14
Steve is off this week
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6-2-14
DA may have let "guardian" Patience Bristol
take the rap for her ex-boss Jared Shafer
– Was there a secret quid pro quo contained in Bristol's plea bargain?
Was Bristol coerced into not incriminating her ex-boss in
exchange for dropping twenty felony charges?
– "The District Attorney recommended less than
maximum sentence" - Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez
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5-26-14
Steve is off this week
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5-19-14
Steve is off this week
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5-12-14
First of many expected lawsuits just filed against for-hire
"guardian" Jared E. Shafer and two of his employees
– Multiple complaints of stealing from elderly or disabled "wards"
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5-5-14
Steve is off this week
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4-28-14
BLM Siege At Bunkerville - The Real Story
– Big profits are being threatened by animals grazing on prime real estate,
but the real story has been lost in a haze of inciteful rhetoric
– A rancher's refusal to sell his land and stop his cattle from grazing
nearby may have created a crisis in the real estate industry
– Senator Harry Reid rides to the rescue!
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4-21-14
Steve is off this week
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3-14-14
Steve is off this week
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4-7-14
Steve is off this week
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3-31-14
Steve is off this week
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3-24-14
"Who have I bribed? Which Judges? WHAT BULLSHIT!"
– Private Guardian Jared E. Shafer
It's obvious that no law enforcement agency in Nevada is willing
to expose our state to the ridicule it deserves for allowing
this insidious form of racketeering to take place
under the radar for over thirty years
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3-17-14
Las Vegas' Death Watch
The chain of events start at Sun City Anthem and
end in private guardian Jared E. Shafer's pocket
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3-10-14
Steve is off this week
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3-3-14
The Jason Hanson - Jared E. Shafer Story
"Special Administrator" Jared E. Shafer takes house and
inheritance from 24 year old man with cerebral palsy
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2-24-14
Steve is off this week
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2-17-14
Steve is off this week
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2-10-14
• Bad Judges Vacate Bench After Probes By
Nevada Commission On Judicial Discipline
When it comes to bad judges, Las Vegas has had more than its fair share.
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2-3-14
Steve is off this week
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1-27-14
Steve is off this week
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1-20-14
• Elder Exploiter Patience Bristol Released
• DA Drops 19 of 20 Felony Charges
• Jared Shafer Not Yet Charged
Is the fix in? Or is the hammer about to
drop on Bristol's mentor Jared Shafer?
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1-13-14
Steve is off this week
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1-6-14
Steve is off this week
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12-30-13
POWER AND PRIVILEGE
Ex-Vegas Mayor Jan Jones' Son Sued For Strangling
Cocktail Waitress In Caesars Palace PURE Nightclub
Ceasars Palace, Pure, and Jan Jones recently added as co-Defendants
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12-23-13
Steve is off this week
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12-16-13
Steve is off this week
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12-9-13
Nevada Gaming Control Board and US Federal
Court send Rick Rizzolo a Christmas Greeting
What a way to start the Holiday Season!
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12-2-13
Steve is off this week
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11-25-13
Steve is off this week
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11-18-13
Grave Robbery Under Color Of Law!
Did "Guardian" Jared E. Shafer sacrifice Patience Bristol to
save himself? Documents show Shafer blew the whistle
on his prot�g�' ripping off one of his wealthiest wards
Additional documents show Shafer is still bleeding the
assets of a millionaire ward paying himself a total of
$432,043.00 in fees five years after ward's death
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11-11-13
Steve is off this week
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11-4-13
Steve is off this week
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10-28-13
Steve is off this week
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10-21-13
Steve is off this week
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10-14-13
Jailed Exploiter Of The Elderly Suing For Defamation
Patience Bristol Jailed - Jared Shafer Still At Large
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10-7-13
Felony Arrest Warrant Issued For
"Guardian" Jared E. Shafer's
Prot�g� Patience Bristol
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9-30-13
Steve is off this week
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9-23-13
Steve is off this week
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9-16-13
Steve is off this week
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9-9-13
Steve is off this week
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9-2-13
Against all odds
•
Daughter of WW2 vet succeeds in terminating
Jared E. Shafer's Nevada guardianship and a
California conservatorship dictated by Shafer
• No one has ever terminated a Shafer guardianship
without his consent - until now
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8-26-13
Steve is off this week
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8-19-13
Steve is off this week
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8-12-13
HENRY v. RIZZOLO - CASE CLOSED
• Millions in restitution finally paid to beating victim
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8-5-13
Steve is off this week
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7-29-13
"Unclean Hands" Suing For Defamation
• "Who wrote this report? Who have I bribed? What judges? WHAT BULLSHIT!"
- Private Guardian Jared E. Shafer
|
7-22-13
Steve is off this week
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7-15-13
Steve is off this week
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7-8-13
Daughter Of Rescued Senior Sued For Libel
•
Defamation suit solely based on what Plaintiffs refer
to as "the common and reoccurring themes
among the Defamatory Statements"
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7-1-13
Steve is off this week
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6-24-13
Steve is off this week
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6-17-13
Rizzolo's Ex Turns Over Millions To
Kirk Henry From Off Shore Stash
• Lisa Rizzolo dismissed as a Defendant.
Racketeer and his stepmother left
standing alone while Appeals
Court decides destiny of
remaining $3 million
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6-10-13
Steve is off this week
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6-3-13
Steve is off this week
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5-27-13
Steve is off this week
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5-20-13
Jared E. Shafer Loses Guardianship. Looted Senior Citizen Returns To Claim Home And Possessions After Winning Termination In A Bitter Sweet Victory
• $300,000 bled from 93-year-old's trust during battle
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5-13-13
Steve is off this week
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5-6-13
Steve is off this week
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4-29-13
"Private Guardian"Jared E. Shafer accused by Guardianship Commissioner of "bleeding money" from 93-year-old war hero
• "I'm really trying to put an end to this. I get that
Mr. Olvera is bleeding money, and I don't want
it to continue"
- Guardianship Commissioner Jon Norheim
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4-22-13
Steve is off this week
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4-15-13
Steve is off this week
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4-8-13
Steve is off this week
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4-1-13
Rick Rizzolo to Fed Court: "The money's on its way"
– An Act of God may relieve Rizzolo of having to pay Kirk Henry and the IRS
SUPRISE ENDING
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3-25-13
Steve is off this week
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3-18-13
For-hire guardian Jared Shafer, and
racketeer Rick Rizzolo head to court
– They're both "Pillars of the community," both donate to "the youths," and both have deep pockets, but one operates under the color of law, and the other is a convicted outlaw
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3-11-13
Steve is off this week
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3-4-13
Steve is off this week
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2-25-13
GUADALUPE OLVERA'S WAR!
– Elder Abuse Likely - Under Color Of Law
– I'm going to go to California no matter what! I'm not
going to live here. I don't need that man either.
I don't need Jared (Shafer). -Guadalupe Olvera
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2-18-13
Steve is off this week
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2-11-13
Steve is off this week
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2-4-13
Lisa Rizzolo Nickel And Dimed Into Submission
– Agrees To Partial Settlement
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1-28-13
Steve is off this week
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1-21-13
Steve is off this week
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1-14-13
"When The Mob Ran Vegas" played to a full house
• The old mobsters are spinning in their
graves over what Vegas has become
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1-7-13
When the Kinder and Gentler Mob Ran Vegas
– It was a time when we really did leave our doors unlocked
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12-31-12
Steve is off this week
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12-24-12
Steve is off this week
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12-17-12
Steve is off this week
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12-10-12
Suspicions surface over effort to
sell infamous Crazy Horse Too
– "I believe that they USED Cushman Wakefield and
potential buyers to get an internal valuation while
deceiving everyone into believing they were sellers,
and now are trying to buy a Certificate of Occupancy
on a dilapidated death trap with no parking!"
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12-3-12
Steve is off this week
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11-26-12
Diverted Disaster Leads to Renaissance of
Downtown Las Vegas - An Untold Story
– Gutsy Mayor orders SECRET removal of boxcars full
of rocket fuel parked in the middle of the city
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11-19-12
Steve is off this week
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11-12-12
Steve is off this week
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11-5-12
Court Puts Lisa Rizzolo On A Budget
• $22,623.16 per month requested
• $16,419.63 approved
Rizzolo's Divorce Judge Indicted
Charged with conspiracy to commit mail
and wire fraud, securities fraud and
money laundering. Previous
rulings now in question.
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10-29-12
Steve is off this week
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10-22-12
Steve is off this week
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10-15-12
Federal Court Cripples Rizzolo
– Showdown In Federal Court On Monday, Sept. 10, 2012
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10-8-12
JUST IN: Lisa Rizzolo's Amazing Reasons
Why She Should Be Allowed To Spend
Kirk Henry's Restitution Money
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10-1-12
Steve is off this week
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9-24-12
HENRY vs. RIZZOLO Changes Faces
– Federal Court finally takes action to collect millions
stashed in hidden accounts by Rizzolo matriarchs
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9-17-12
Steve is off this week
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9-10-12
Kimtran Rizzolo To Face Civil Contempt Charges
– Showdown In Federal Court On Monday, Sept. 10, 2012
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9-3-12
Steve is off this week
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8-27-12
Steve is off this week
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8-20-12
Steve is off this week
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8-13-12
UPDATE: All Rizzolo Appeals Denied
– Obstacles cleared so HENRY v. RIZZOLO can race forward
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8-6-12
HENRY v. RIZZOLO stalls-IRS backs off
– Kimtran and Lisa Rizzolo
appeal all rulings, Dominic Rizzolo's hammer
victim vanishes, & Rick Rizzolo moves
into new luxury digs.
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7-30-12
Steve is off this week
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7-23-12
Defamation of Sheldon Adelson
• ""...maliciously branding Mr. Adelson as a pimp"
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7-16-12
Steve is off this week
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7-9-12
Steve is off this week
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7-2-12
Gag Order may squelch discussion of alleged human trafficking of young
women for the purpose of prostitution
• "Restraining Defendant GRASSO from intermeddling in Plaintiffs' application process for a permanent liquor license" -
Judge Mark R. Denton
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6-25-12
New developments in HENRY vs. RIZZOLO
• Rizzolo women ordered to pay Rick's debts
• Justice served one asset at a time
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6-18-12
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to hear
exaggerated claims about the value
of the Crazy Horse Too strip club
• A familiar name is hired to lobby for
new zoning to reopen the club
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6-11-12
Steve is off this week
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6-4-12
Steve is off this week
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5-28-12
Federal Court orders Kimtran Rizzolo's assets seized
• Kimtran and Lisa Rizzolo file appeals with Ninth Circuit Court
• Dominic Rizzolo arrested for assault with a deadly weapon
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5-21-12
UPDATE: Kimtran Rizzolo Defies Federal Court Order
• Tries to stall $1,052,996.03 payment to Kirk Henry
that was due on May 19, 2012
• Claims her judgment should not include amounts
loaned to Rick Rizzolo and attorney
fees paid on his behalf
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5-14-12
Rizzolo's secret offspring await his release
• Rick Rizzolo may have suffered untreated precocious puberty
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5-7-12
Steve is off this week
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4-30-12
Steve is off this week
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4-23-12
The Party's Over For Lisa And Kimtran Rizzolo
• "Rick Rizzolo's share of the community property that was fraudulently transferred to Lisa Rizzolo is also subject to the
judgment."
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4-16-12
Steve is off this week
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4-9-12
Buffalo Jim Is Smiling Down From Heaven
Rick Rizzolo Loses Ninth Circuit Court Appeal
• Higher court removes legal obstacles so Kirk Henry and IRS
can now recover assets hidden by Kimtran and Lisa Rizzolo
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4-2-12
Steve is off this week
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3-26-12
• Court of Appeals hears Rick Rizzolo's plea to be relieved of two years parole and obligation to pay creditors
• Rizzolo's Legal Team Quits leaving him vulnerable before appeal court rules
• Kimtran Rizzolo sanctioned for not disclosing where she stashed the proceeds from the sale of the Philadelphia Crazy Horse Too
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3-19-12
Steve is off this week
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3-12-12
All progress in USA v. Power Company, Inc. et al, and Henry et al v. Rizzolo et al, has stalled
pending Ninth Circuit Court appeal
- Rick Rizzolo's alleged corporate personhood is now cited as
the latest reason he should be relieved of having to pay
his bills and why his conviction should be reversed
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3-5-12
Steve is off this week
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2-27-12
Steve is off this week
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2-20-12
Ghost writer's conviction reversed by Ninth Circuit Court
of Appeals.
- Rick Rizzolo �raises the specter of the
debtor�s prison this country long ago outlawed.�
Rizzolo's appeal scheduled for March 19
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2-13-12
Steve is off this week
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2-6-12
Steve is off this week
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1-30-12
Veteran Las Vegas investigative reporter Glen Meek just dropped a bombshell in his latest CityLife column.
- Meek provides a 1976 FBI wiretap of then-mob lawyer Oscar Goodman having a confidential conversation with the late Nick Civella, boss of the Kansas City mob.
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1-23-12
Steve is off this week
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1-16-12
From Me Account? What You Mean?
-
Kimtran Rizzolo -October 12, 2011
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1-9-12
Nevada Supreme Court Justice Nancy Saitta's mob associations may haunt her re-election bid
-
"Mr. Rizzolo has a good name in the community."
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1-2-12
Steve is off this week
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12-26-11
Steve is off this week
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12-19-11
"Happy endings" banned in Las Vegas
-
City passes tough new massage parlor law while state Board of Massage Therapists claims interference with its authority
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12-12-11
Steve is off this week
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12-5-11
Vince Piazza reveals Lisa Rizzolo's possible complicity to hide the proceeds from the sale of the Philly Crazy Horse Too
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11-28-11
Steve is off this week
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11-21-11
The Amazing Deposition of Kimtran Rizzolo
-
"Don't remember." "What you mean?" "Don't know."
"I need the blanket or something. I'm cold."
"I don't understand really your question."
"I don't have money now." "I spend it."
"This is very uncomfortable chair."
"I don't understand." "Explain it."
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11-14-11
Councilman/Cop sponsors an ordinance to require a Nevada State License for all "therapists" seeking jobs in Las Vegas' neighborhood massage parlors
- Is It Too Little...Too Late?
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11-7-11
Steve is off this week
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10-31-11
The Rizzolos ordered to pay Kirk Henry $2.2 million
of $3 million received for the Philly Crazy Horse Too
- "Rick Rizzolo shall not take any action to hinder the payments of the funds."
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10-24-11
Rizzolo accuses U.S. Judge of "abuse of discretion" for allowing attorney for unpaid beating victim to say, "send this gangster back to jail"
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10-17-11
Rick Rizzolo case update
- Source of payment to attorneys questioned
Two Judge's Orders being appealed
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10-10-11
Steve is off this week
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10-3-11
Steve is off this week
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9-26-11
Steve is off this week
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9-19-11
Rizzolo thrown back into Federal Prison
- Debtors aggressively pursue laundered assets. Ex-wife and stepmother are the next targets. Cafe near prison may become the new social club for the Las Vegas mob
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9-12-11
Steve is off this week
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9-5-11
Steve is off this week
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8-29-11
Vince Piazza cooperates in the Rizzolo Federal Case
- Transfers $465,864 to beating victim Kirk Henry Rizzolo's step mom sued for laundering $789k And Lisa Rizzolo may be left holding the bag
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8-22-11
Steve is off this week
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8-15-11
Steve is off this week
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8-8-11
Kirk Henry's attorneys seize Rick Rizzolo's
2009 Mercedes-Benz SL65 BiTurbo V12
- "Gangster" continues mocking the Federal Court
First he threw himself a going to prison party Then he bought himself a $180,000 Benz while debts to Henry and IRS languish
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8-1-11
Steve is off this week
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7-25-11
Rick Rizzolo Banned From Casinos
- "You shall not enter, frequent, or be involved with any legal
or illegal gambling establishment or activity, except for the
purpose of employment as approved and directed by the
probation officer." - United States Judge Philip Pro
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7-18-11
Steve is off this week
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7-11-11
Steve is off this week
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7-4-11
Information about the new owner of the Crazy Horse Too strip club
and how he obtained Security Pacific Bank's loan collateral
that Rick and Lisa Rizzolo used to steal $5 million
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6-27-11
Federal Court asked to consider nine reasons why Lisa Rizzolo can keep her ex-husband's loot,
- and Rick not be sent back to prison
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6-20-11
Steve is off this week
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6-13-11
Crazy Horse Too Goes On Auction Block
- "With the notorious Crazy Horse Too topless cabaret up for government
auction on July 1, speculation is already building about whether some
of the club's former associates will be making proxy bids."
- LV Review-Journal
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6-6-11
Steve is off this week
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5-31-11
District Judge Jackie Glass Resigns In Middle
Of Judicial Discipline Commission Probe
- Evidence indicates she squelched criminal charges
against defendants represented by her husband,
then stopped a state probe of her actions by
resigning from the bench and taking a job
on CBS TV as judge on "Swift Justice"
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5-9-11
RICK RIZZOLO PLAYS
- Monopoly with the IRS, United States Attorney, U.S. Office
of Parole & Probation, and a Federal Court Judge
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5-2-11
Steve is off this week
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4-25-11
Steve is off this week
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4-18-11
Steve is off this week
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4-11-11
Vegas Mayor's Race Could Become Class Warfare
- Union support could be decisive factor.
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4-4-11
Rizzolo's Parole Violation Hearing
Continued Until May 9 and 10
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3-28-11
Steve is off this week
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3-21-11
On March
29, will Rick Rizzolo be sent to the Big House in Roma Hills, or to the Slammer in North Las Vegas?
- Racketeer expected to be
incarcerated for parole violations.
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3-14-11
Steve is off this week
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3-7-11
Steve is off this week
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2-28-11
Rick Rizzolo's Watch Tells More Than Time
- Racketeer who owes the IRS millions of dollars appears in U. S. Court wearing a $26,000 watch and accompanied by his priest. Government asks judge for three extra years of parole and three months behind bars for violating the conditions of supervised release
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2-21-11
Rick Rizzolo's Parole Expires on April Fools' Day!
- With over $11 million still owed the IRS; $2.2 million still owed the City of Las Vegas; and over $9 million still owed to Kirk Henry, will U.S. Judge Philip Pro let a convicted racketeer off this Tuesday at an eleventh hour Parole Violation hearing?
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2-14-11
Steve is off this week
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2-7-11
Rick Rizzolo's 800 Year Payment Schedule
- Racket boss agrees to pay $9 million dollar judgment to beating victim in increments of $1,000 per month. Is this a "Good Faith" effort, or just another sham?
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1-31-11
It seems as if the world owes Rick Rizzolo a living
- This is a case that has not "promoted public respect for the law"
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1-24-11
Steve is off this week
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1-17-11
Steve is off this week
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1-10-11
Steve is off this week
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1-3-11
Infamous Vegas Topless Bar To Be Auctioned
- Per a 2006 Plea Agreement, Rick and Lisa Rizzolo's
off shore hidden fortune may be at risk
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12-27-10
Steve is off this week
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12-20-10
Steve is off this week
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12-13-10
Steve is off this week
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12-6-10
U.S. Government sends the Rizzolos an unexpected Christmas present
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11-29-10
Steve is off this week
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11-22-10
Rizzolo case minutia
- The man who says he's paying Rick Rizzolo's legal bills
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11-15-10
"We�re
Not Gonna Take It Anymore!"
- Rick Rizzolo's lawyers file
new Opposition to EVERYTHING!
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11-8-10
Steve is off this week
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11-1-10
Rizzolos insist that Kirk Henry must sue
the brother of a Federal Court Judge
- Defendants argue that a lawyer is solely responsible
for hiding their fortune in off shore accounts out of
reach of an unpaid beating victim and the IRS.
If court agrees, case may stall indefinitely
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10-25-10
Steve is off this week
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10-18-10
Dad of Major League hitter may hold a key to Rick Rizzolo's future jail cell
- "He who sleeps with dogs, wakes up with fleas"
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10-11-10
Steve is off this week
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10-4-10
Will new information put Rizzolo back in prison?
- Or will a racketeer, an ex-parking valet, and a porn star make a U.S. Attorney and Federal Judge look like meat heads?
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9-27-10
Steve is off this week
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9-20-10
Steve is off this week
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9-13-10
Rizzolo Is Getting Special Treatment
- Beating victim's attorneys file Motion to revoke parole, and mobster tries to play the race card
Brother of U.S. Judge may be involved in money laundering
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9-6-10
Justice -- Vegas Style
-
DA will throw the book at heiress, but let a Mafia son off.
TV cameras In the court make all the difference.
Can you see another set up in the works?
This time there's no plea bargaining.
Venue change vitally needed!
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8-30-10
Steve is off this week
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8-23-10
Skim City
- The Strip is packed with tourists,
but casinos are pleading poverty
The political timing is ripe for skimming Las Vegas
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8-16-10
Rick Rizzolo Stalls U.S. Federal Court
- Indefinitely avoids paying IRS, City of Las Vegas, FDIC, and Kirk Henry
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8-9-10
Steve is off this week
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8-2-10
Land bought from taxpayers in 1999 for
$894,000 sold in 2006 for $24.5 million!
- Crony of two LV mayors makes a killing
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7-26-10
Nevada Board of Massage Therapy turns its back on neighborhood massage parlor prostitution
- Las Vegas Worst Kept Secret...
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7-19-10
"Show Me The Money!"
- Rizzolo hires expensive new criminal defense attorney
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7-12-10
Steve is off this week
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7-5-10
Were District Attorney David Roger and Judge Jackie Glass bribed?
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"Defendant Has Stayed Out of Trouble"
"Early Termination From Probation"
"HONORABLE DISCHARGE"
"Credit For Time Served"
"Gross Misdemeanor"
"CASE CLOSED"
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6-28-10
Steve is off this week
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6-21-10
Dominic Rizzolo Set Free Four Years Early
- Charge dropped from Felony to Gross Misdemeanor with help from Vegas Judge and District Attorney
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6-14-10
Steve is off this week
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6-7-10
The Weak Link.
- Clark County DA David Roger
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5-31-10
City of Las Vegas finally cracks down on neighborhood brothels .
- Clark County District Attorney refuses to cooperate
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5-24-10
Steve is off this week
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5-17-10
Nevada Taxi Authority Corruption.
- Secret Cash Cow Revealed - No Action Taken.
State Taxi Officials Under
Scrutiny
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5-10-10
Steve is off this week
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5-3-10
Rizzolo forced to reveal secret financial transactions Judge orders him to start paying Kirk Henry.
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4-26-10
Terrible News For Rick Rizzolo!
- U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden is back on the case and
the Government says Rizzolo should be required to
begin making restitution payments to Kirk Henry
Crazy Horse Too sells for $10 million less
than Rizzolo owes Henry and the IRS
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4-19-10
Steve is off this week
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4-12-10
A Vegas Tale - Secret Neighborhood Brothels.
- I noticed that most of the light bulbs had been removed as we walked through the house to the darkened bedrooms.
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4-5-10
Steve is off this week
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3-29-10
Rizzolo says he don't owe nothin' to nobody!
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3-22-10
Steve is off this week
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3-15-10
Rick Rizzolo threatened with Contempt of Court - sort of.
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3-8-10
Is Lisa Rizzolo trying to coerce Kirk Henry
into not attending his September trial?
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3-1-10
The s - - t is about to hit the fan!
- Rizzolo's parole officer petitions the court. Related jury trials to start on March 9.
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2-22-10
Rizzolo lies to the court - And a judge's hollow words
- "Sorry Judge Foley. My financial records were seized by the
government; or accidentally shredded; or destroyed in a
flood at my lawyer's office." - Rick Rizzolo, age 51
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2-15-10
Steve is off this week
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2-8-10
Rich Man, Poor Man
- attorneys for unpaid beating victim Kirk Henry have been pleading with United States Federal Judges to force racketeer Rick Rizzolo to divulge the quantity and location of his hidden fortune.
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2-1-10
As if things couldn't get any more bizarre...
- Racketeer Rick Rizzolo's lawyers -- one licensed, and one not -- file phony court documents that further stall beating victim Kirk Henry's case.
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1-25-10
Did Lisa Rizzolo lie to the IRS?
- 26, U.S.C., 7207, makes it a Federal crime for anyone to willfully file
a Federal income tax return knowing it to be false.
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1-18-10
Steve is off this week
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1-11-10
"Can't Buy Me Love"
- "Tell me that you want the kind of thing that money just can't buy."
- Paul McCartney
"How much will it take?"
- Bob Stupak
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1-4-10
Steve is off this week
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12-28-09
Steve is off this week
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12-21-09
Is Parole Officer Eric Christiansen shirking his duties?
- Can you imagine you or me getting away with ignoring over $27 million in court ordered debts including over $10 million owed to the IRS, and still be allowed to party like a rock star?
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12-14-09
Judge orders Rick Rizzolo's financials be shown to Kirk Henry's attorneys, but taxpayers are excluded from seeing the documents.
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12-7-09
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA vs. SPUD?
- Could someone very important be running interference for Rick and Lisa Rizzolo?
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11-30-09
Steve is off this week
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11-23-09
Confidential INSIDE VEGAS source outs himself
- Kenny "Kenji" Gallo leaves Witness Protection, writes a book, and names names
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11-16-09
Steve is off this week
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11-9-09
I get nervous when it's so quiet in Vegas
- The calm before the storm....
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11-2-09
Steve is off this week
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10-26-09
Rick Rizzolo ordered to pay Kirk Henry's attorneys
- Plaintiffs are awarded their reasonable attorneys fees and costs incurred in preparing their reply to Defendant's opposition to their Motion.
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10-19-09
Steve is off this week
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10-12-09
Rick Rizzolo's new legal defense team: "Spud," and "The Ticket Fixer."
- Justice delayed, is justice denied. - William Gladstone.
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10-5-09
Rizzolo's "Protector" Exposed!
- his "Protector" may not be the kind some people think of when the word
is mentioned.
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9-28-09
Steve is off this week
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9-21-09
Two court systems. Two standards of justice.
- Dominic Rizzolo (26) was just granted a waiver of his twenty hours per month community service requirement by a Clark County District Court Judge nine months after she sentenced him to probation for an attempted murder.
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9-14-09
Racketeer shows his outward contempt for Federal Court, a beating victim, and Internal Revenue Service .
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9-7-09
"Aggravated Assault. No Intent to Kill"
- Six suspicious new words suddenly appear on a Florida probation document to minimize the impact of a serious crime
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8-31-09
Steve is off this week
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8-24-09
Steve is off this week
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8-17-09
Did the taxpayers bail out Rick and Lisa Rizzolo?
- The Rizzolos may be stalling - waiting for Kirk Henry to die.
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8-10-09
Officials Allow Limo/Doorman Extortion Scam To Continue.
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8-3-09
Rick Rizzolo's Godson Makes A Video
- The cause is noble, but the messenger isn't.
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7-27-09
Steve is off this week
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7-20-09
Rick Rizzolo the "lawyer?"
- Convicted racketeer Rick Rizzolo on July 8 and 9, supposedly became his own lawyer and filed two last minute court documents he purported to author.
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7-13-09
Steve is off this week
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7-6-09
Federal Judge issues Court Orders requiring mob attorneys to produce Lisa Rizzolo's hidden financial records in the Kirk Henry attempted murder case.
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6-29-09
Steve is off this week
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6-22-09
"My Dog Ate My Homework"
- Mob lawyers try to weasel out of complying with a Court Order, then steal $10,000 intended for the daughters of "Las Vegas' Most Colorful Character," the late Buffalo Jim Barrier.
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6-15-09
IRS investigates businesses paying extortion to cab and limo drivers
- Last week, the IRS finally made their move. On June 10, all Vegas strip clubs received an official letter from the IRS."
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6-8-09
Hiding behind his ex-wife's skirt tails, Rick Rizzolo avoids paying his financial obligations, but will Lisa Rizzolo get stuck paying for his actions?
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6-1-09
Steve is off this week
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5-25-09
Steve is off this week
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5-18-09
Driving away tourists ~ A request to INSIDE VEGAS readers
- I would like to hear from anyone who while visiting Las Vegas ever experienced having a hotel door man, valet, or casino boss try to convince you to take a free limo ride to a certain place of business which they recommend."
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5-11-09
Another strip club beating goes unpunished
- Thugs hire City Councilman as their lawyer. Mayor's lawyer-son hired by strip club. Police request prosecution, but DA refuses to cooperate -- again!
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5-4-09
Steve is off this week
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4-27-09
Columnist's home possible target of political pay back
- Eminent Domain disaster narrowly averted, and Steve Miller takes it personally
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4-20-09
Steve is off this week
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4-13-09
Update: Limo/Taxi extortion racket continues unabated
- Citizen's group forms to challenge un-enforced
law
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4-6-09
Steve is off this week
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3-30-09
Judge throws the book at Rick and Lisa Rizzolo, and MGM's partnership with Dubai World inspires questions about how well Nevada governs its casinos?.
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3-23-09
Federal Court may order access to Rizzolo's hidden assets sometime this week
- Judge Philip M. Pro mentioned that Rick Rizzolo's criminal investigation was ongoing at the time of his divorce. He then asked, "Does that not show intent?"
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3-16-09
The judge who signed Rizzolo's Divorce Decree
- If Rizzolo's divorce was a "sham" as asserted in a Las Vegas Sun Editorial, what kind of judge would have allowed Rick Rizzolo to transfer most of his criminally derived assets to his wife
three weeks before he was to begin plea negotiations in a widely reported racketeering case involving his former topless night club, the Crazy Horse Too?.
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3-9-09
Steve is off this week
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3-2-09
Two faced Vegas mayor maintains his mob roots.
- Goodman has for years made it no secret that he considers Rizzolo one of his best friends, and the mayor's quasi-official actions time and again have proven this to be true.
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2-23-09
Rick Rizzolo pleads poverty!.
- Desperate to keep hidden assets and not pay court ordered bills, convicted racketeer tells judge "I can't even afford a new attorney."
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2-16-09
Steve is off this week
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2-9-09
Two judges rule to further cripple Kirk Henry
and let Rick and Lisa Rizzolo keep
their hidden assets hidden.
- Adding insult to a quadriplegic's injury.
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2-2-09
Rizzolos defy Federal Court with impunity.
-
Crime family attempts to quash depositions and hide
business partner's names. Two Federal Judges
may be trying to avoid embarrassing a
fellow judge. And Dominic Rizzolo
now works for a time share
company in Florida.
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1-26-09
Steve is off this week
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1-19-09
Public officials who moon their constituents.
-
Convicted Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona,
Nevada Supreme Court Justice Nancy Saitta,
Clark County District Attorney David Roger,
Clark County District Judge Jackie Glass,
and Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman
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1-12-09
"Prison sentences impacted by the harm done to their victims"
- Dominic Rizzolo to be sentenced Tuesday.
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1-5-09
Judge Jackie Glass may be stepping into
Judge Nancy Saitta's shoes by taking
multiple cases involving members
of the Rick Rizzolo crime family .
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 Begin 2009
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12-29-08
Steve is off this week
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12-22-08
Steve is off this week
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12-15-08
Steve is off this week
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12-8-08
Rizzolo's Lawyers Squirm!
- they began squirming and immediately
filed a MOTION TO WITHDRAW as Rick and Lisa's attorneys.
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12-1-08
Steve is off this week
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11-24-08
The boys are back in town.
- But things aren't going their way.
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11-17-08
Steve is off this week
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11-10-08
Vegas financial disaster predicted years ago.
- Then and Now
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11-3-08
Unsound bank files MOTION to foreclose on Crazy Horse Too.
- Action inspires the United States Government to apply for a license to open a gentlemen's club.
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10-27-08
Steve is off this week
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10-20-08
Ralph Rizzolo crashes his Mercedes Benz into the closed down Crazy Horse Too
- Rick Rizzolo's brother narrowly escapes death when his car crashes into the wall of Buffalo Jim's closed garage.
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10-13-08
Terrorists Once Trained In Vegas Skies
- Recent political events
have inspired me to write about something I'd rather forget.
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10-6-08
Steve is off this week
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9-29-08
Vegas Voters May Decide the Presidential Election
- The nation can finally relax!
The free world is in good hands if an ABC News prediction comes true.
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9-22-08
Paying For The Sins of the Father
- Similarities between O.J. Simpson and Rick Rizzolo cases
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9-15-08
Steve is off this week
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9-8-08
WARPED STANDARDS
- Mob Museum overshadows U.S. Veterans and clearly shows the difference between a city and a town.
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9-1-08
Federal Court approves locating Lisa Rizzolo's hidden assets.
- Their court ordered debts total over $28 million dollars!
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8-25-08
Hit your Target Market?
- But what could be a more appropriate slogan
and logo for an advertising business after 11 people were killed, and dozens more injured while waiting for a bus in their company's LV bus stop shelter/billboards?
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8-18-08
The ghosts of Buffalo Jim and the Crazy Horse Too
- It's a classic case of the baby going down the drain with the bath water.
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8-11-08
Steve is off this week
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8-4-08
Rizzolo's son facing indictment
- Dominic John Rizzolo, 26, son of convicted racketeer Rick Rizzolo, faces indictment on August 12, for aggravated assault with intent to commit serious bodily injury.
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7-28-08
Steve is off this week
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7-21-08
Steve is off this week
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7-14-08
Rizzolo parties in a $3,000 per night Body English booth
- while beating victim Kirk Henry waits in an electric wheelchair for his $9 million dollar settlement.
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7-7-08
Coroner Stymies Homicide Investigation
- The Coroner - who is not
a doctor - after refusing to test a urine specimen, said James "Buffalo Jim" Barrier had a "normal" amount of GHB in his blood. An expert disputes the coroner's finding.
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6-30-08
The Anti-Climax - Coroner's Contradictions - and Death Threats
- Judge Pro's ruling causes speculation that this case is far from over!.
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6-23-08
New Evidence in "Buffalo Jim" Death Case
- GHB found in blood and urine
samples kept secret. Rizzolo Wants Feds to Run Topless Bar.
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6-16-08
Steve is off this week
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6-9-08
The Ghost of Buffalo Jim.
- MP3 is about to hit the airwaves and can be heard by clicking HERE.
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6-2-08
"The weakness of the flesh" - Genesis 2:15-25
- Surveillance video from
motel finally released.
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5-26-08
A perfect storm?.
- I'm not afraid to speculate as to what may have happened on April 5
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5-19-08
Steve is off this week
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5-12-08
And they
say the mob left Vegas years ago...
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5-5-08
Steve is off this week
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4-28-08
Police refuse to allow Barrier daughters to identify their father on motel video
surveillance tape.
- He stood up to the city's new crime bosses, and he died a mysterious death.
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4-21-08
Buffalo Jim buried, but not put to rest - Part Two
- According to Las Vegas Metro police, they viewed a four minute surveillance video tape showing a jovial Buffalo Jim checking in to Motel 6 at 8:20 PM on the night he died. He was never heard from again.
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4-14-08
Buffalo Jim buried, but not put to rest - Part One
- My best friend James "Buffalo Jim" Barrier called me at 5:30, Saturday, April 5, the evening of his death.
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4-7-08
Steve is off this week
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3-31-08
Rick Rizzolo�s first week out of prison...
- Bada Bing; Break in at Buffalo Jim�s; Dominic Rizzolo may be charged with attempted extortion and attempted murder; and a new Bentley cruises the Crazy Horse parking lot.
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3-24-08
Steve is off this week
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3-17-08
Sin City Update
- Justice prevails - for now. U.S. Marshals decide to leave Buffalo Jim alone after Rizzolo returned from prison.
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3-10-08
U.S. Marshals threaten Buffalo Jim on the same day Rick Rizzolo returns from prison.
- So many coincidences may indicate a government mole.
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3-3-08
Steve is off this week
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2-25-08
US Attorneys side with bank against beating victim
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2-18-08
Forewarned is forearmed
- Bank ignores warning, takes $5 million dollar loss, then
shoots the messenger
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2-11-08
Rizzolo's legal troubles to resume
after his release from prison. Possible threats continue
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2-4-08
Turn the Crazy Horse Too into a church, then tear it down
- Ex-pro wrestler discourages Mob buyers with his Nikon.
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1-28-08
Judge cuts short Bart Rizzolo's lawyer's plea to clear his client's name,
Vegas brings out the hypocrisy in the Clinton campaign,
Councilwoman Tarkanian's favors to Rizzolo,
Rick Rizzolo's current and future abodes
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1-21-08
Hillary - Judged by the company she keeps
- The Nevada caucus is over, but several issues emerged that help define the woman selected to be the state Democratic Party's nominee.
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1-14-08
Taxpayers paying to keep lights and telephones on at defunct topless bar
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1-7-08
Inadvertent monkey wrench spoils straw man scheme and starts Mob courthouse war
- ...an embarrassing entanglement of litigation fueled with almost a half million dollars worth of stolen booze.
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12-31-07
Steve is Celebrating New Years Eve!
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12-24-07
Steve is Christmas Shopping
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12-17-07
Chicago "buyer" visits Crazy Horse Too
- "He knew where every light switch was located."
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12-10-07
Steve is Christmas Shopping
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12-3-07
Judge issues RESTRAINING ORDER against Bart Rizzolo
- The ORDER prohibits the 77 year old father of incarcerated racketeer Rick Rizzolo from coming within 100 ft. of Barrier for at least 30 days.
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11-26-07
The calm before the storm
- The Thanksgiving holiday is a wonderful time to try to slip one over on us.
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11-19-07
Crazy Horse reportedly sold
- Buffalo Jim almost run over by Rizzolo's dad minutes after sale was reported on Spanish language TV news.
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11-12-07
The latest Crazy Horse Too developments
- On Wednesday, the clock secretly stopped ticking that would have marked the final day the trouble plagued Crazy Horse Too strip club could maintain its adult use zoning.
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11-5-07
If it smells like a fish...
- "Defendants will not be able to pay their court ordered creditors and they will be forced into bankruptcy."
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10-29-07
My reasons for concern
- two documents were
never meant for public view, but I believe the public needs to be
familiar with their contents in order to protect the public's
safety in regard to who will be allowed to reopen the Crazy Horse Too.
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10-22-07
Judge ends 4 year long trial
- Feds "approve" questionable Crazy Horse buyer.
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10-15-07
Government taking sealed bids on Crazy Horse Too
- Many
debts to go unpaid if bids come up short.
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10-8-07
Steve is off this week
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10-1-07
Rizzolo throws a technicality at the court
- Dumps Patti & Sgro and
hires a Mormon law firm.
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9-24-07
The Last Man Standing, Baseball Bats, OJ, the DA, a Kid Judge, and the Fool
- Las Vegas gets a couple of well deserved black eyes, and guess who gets blamed?
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9-17-07
Steve is off this week
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9-10-07
Federal Judge's brother is Rizzolo's personal lawyer
- INSIDE VEGAS EXCLUSIVE!
Why 16 Crazy Horse defendants got off with slaps on the wrist
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9-3-07
FEDS SEIZE CRAZY HORSE TOO!
- Rick and Lisa Rizzolo hide
their assets
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8-27-07
Bad lawyering
- This has been a bad week
for imprisoned racketeer Rick Rizzolo.
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8-20-07
Rizzolo's personal assets get exposed, along with Steve Miller's secrets!
- When it
rains it pours. Like a late summer monsoon in the neon desert, INSIDE VEGAS this past week was deluged with new information.
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8-13-07
Steve is off this week
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8-6-07
Steve is off this week
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7-30-07
Mike's journey from the little house to the Big House
- A federal grand jury will convene in several weeks to hear the government's case against McDonald. An Indictment is expected soon thereafter.
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7-23-07
A Chip Off the Old Block
- The final paragraphs of last week's INSIDE VEGAS struck a nerve with the son of convicted racketeer Rick Rizzolo.
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7-16-07
Requiem for a Strip Joint
- "Pillar of the Community" vs. "Las
Vegas Most Colorful Character"
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7-9-07
Steve is off this week
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7-2-07
The Anticlimax
- A minute after midnight, a half dozen city business license officials led by City Attorney Brad Jerbic entered the building and removed the liquor license while club owner Rick Rizzolo sat in a cell at the Los Angeles Metro Detention Center.
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6-25-07
Straw Men On Parade
- "Rick wants to sell to me because I remind him of the young Rick." - Athanasios Karahalios.
Then "the young Rick" welched on a $400 loan!
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6-18-07
Steve is off this week
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6-11-07
Steve is off this week
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6-4-07
$1 million dollars put in escrow for Buffalo Jim Barrier.
- Crazy Horse Too sale to Mike Signorelli craps out. Judge throws the book at Rick Rizzolo after seeing a CONFIDENTIAL Agreement!
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5-28-07
Rizzolo took an unexpected detour on his way to Camp Granada.
- Seize the moment!
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5-21-07
Rizzolo's Going Away Party Backfires - Buffalo Jim's Harassment Lawsuit may be reopened
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5-14-07
The Sewers of Vegas
- From a blood and semen soaked
topless bar, to the sewers of Vegas, this past week two authors bravely
exposed the darkest secrets of our town.
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5-7-07
Rizzolo Honored at Prison Themed Party in Newport Beach, then a Judge Gives Him a Bon Voyage Present by Throwing Out Buffalo Jim Barrier's Lawsuit!
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4-30-07
Faraci Secretly Applies for a County Liquor License
- Last Tuesday, Clark County Liquor and Gaming Licensing Board were asked to secretly grant preliminary approval of a key employee liquor license for a twice convicted felon about to go prison.
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4-23-07
The Fix Was In!
- Crazy Horse Too granted permanent liquor license even after police and City Attorney tell Council the mob is still in control.
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4-16-07
Rizzolo ducks deposition to avoid questions about straw man while tons of documents get shredded.
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4-9-07
Steve is off this week
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4-2-07
Letters and advice for Rick, Vinny, and Mike while they're in the slammer"
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3-26-07
Galardi checks out before he and Rizzolo get "quality time" together
- Rick
Rizzolo and Mike Galardi were expected to spend five
months together in the same minimum security prison, but Galardi is
probably having second thoughts after reading last
week's INSIDE VEGAS
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3-19-07
Hello Muddah, hello Fadduh. Here I am at Camp Granada
- On Sunday
March 11, I had the opportunity to visit the Federal Prison Camp about to become the temporary home of ex-Las Vegas topless bar moguls Rick Rizzolo, Vinny Faraci, and Mike Galardi - soon to be known to their fellow campers as the "Vegas Three."
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3-12-07
Steve is off this week
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3-5-07
Coming Soon! Frederick Rizzolo Collection
- Just in time for Spring, the first exclusive Mr. Frederick Collection will soon be available in the finest department stores, fashion boutiques, and Federal Prison commissaries.
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2-26-07
Spilotro's nephew defends brother of
the man accused of his uncle's murder - Tony Spilotro's nephew who has a Las Vegas law practice is representing the
brother of the guy who allegedly killed his uncle! Go figure that one out!
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2-19-07
Steve is off this week
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2-12-07
Nevada legalizes
extortion
- Now its up to our new Governor, Jim Gibbons, to straighten out this
mess before a few cabbies -- through threats -- are able to take over
the state any time they see fit by using their boss' equipment to snarl
traffic and cripple the tourist economy while leaving many locals
walking or taking the bus.
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2-5-07
Steve is off this week
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1-29-07
Rick Rizzolo gets a year
and a day, Vinny Faraci's angel revealed, And the incest continues!
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1-22-07
The plot thickens
- Rizzolo's sentencing delayed one week.
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1-15-07
With friends like these, we don't need enemies!
- Wynn entices Michael Jackson to move to Sin City.
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1-8-07
Is Las Vegas showing them the way?
- Will Al Qaeda be welcome in Vegas if they gamble like Whales?
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1-1-07
Steve is off this week
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12-25-06
Rizzolo could be in contempt of court.
- New RICO lawsuit claims Rick Rizzolo still runs the Crazy Horse.
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12-18-06
Steve is off this week
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12-11-06
Rizzolo still too sick to be sentenced while partying at Park
Towers.
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12-4-06
Rizzolo too ill to testify
- It's not yet known whether Rizzolo will appear in his pajamas
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11-27-06
Sin City Turkey Tales.
- Here are a few of this week's local turkeys as presented in my latest INSIDER E-Briefs.
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11-20-06
Mutiny at the Crazy Horse Too
- What a difference four years can make!
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11-13-06
Steve is off this week
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11-6-06
Signorelli
tells the City Council he didn't know his general manager,
assistant general manager, and bookkeeper's last names�are "Rizzolo"
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10-30-06
Steve is off this week
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10-23-06
The Crazy Horse Too
- Back to business-as-usual
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10-16-06
Like a bad nickel, it just keeps coming back.
- Never before
has a Las Vegas scandal kept coming back with such regularity as the ongoing Crazy
Horse Too debacle that should have ended six weeks ago when the blood
soaked topless bar was permanently shut down.
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10-9-06
Steve is off this week
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10-2-06
HORSE FEATHERS!
- "Caruso said Signorelli has worked out a
$400,000-a-month lease which includes the right to purchase the Crazy Horse
Too from Rizzolo for $45 million."
-- Attorney Steve Caruso.
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9-25-06
Rizzolo tries every trick to get Crazy Horse re-opened.
- And
they said the Mob left Vegas years ago......
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9-18-06
Humpty Dumpty - Vegas Style
- Clark County District Court Judge Mark Denton last Tuesday ruled to uphold the unanimous vote of the Las Vegas City Council that permanently revoked Rizzolo's Crazy Horse Too strip bar's liquor license.
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9-11-06
The bloodshed finally ends
- On September 6, 2006, the Las Vegas City Council
unanimously voted to permanently revoke Rick Rizzolo's liquor license and fine him $2.2 million dollars for condoning twenty years of robberies, beatings, and murders at his Crazy Horse Too.
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9-4-06
Steve is on vaction
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8-28-06
The showdown
- the biggest showdowns in Vegas
history, City Hall, the U.S. Federal Court House, and Clark County District Court.
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8-21-06
Vegas elections show ignorance and vulnerability of most voters
- Foolish early
voters are usually stuck voting for who spent the most on
billboards, direct mail, TV, and radio ads.
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8-14-06
Steve is off this week
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8-7-06
U.S. Dept. of Justice calls the Crazy Horse Too a serious threat to the community, but the
Mayor wants to keep the place open
- Mayor Oscar Goodman insists that the crimes are not egregious enough to deserve liquor license revocation.
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7-31-06
Rizzolo's lawyers dangle Kirk Henry like a carrot in front of City Council
- Councilwoman punished for challenging Mayor
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7-24-06
How to catch corrupted politicians
- Sometimes I just can't contain myself.
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7-17-06
Suck my big toe...
- "Tell Steve Miller he can suck my big
toe!"
Mayor Oscar Goodman, 07/16/06, LV
Review-Journal
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7-10-06
Steve is off this week
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7-3-06
Be Careful What You Ask For…You might just get it!
- Now, more than ever, it
looks like Rizzolo's asking price of $35 - 40 million is hugely inflated, and is based on what the club skims -- not reports.
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6-26-06
Crazy Horse Too's worth highly exaggerated
- Skim allowed to continue until eventual sale.
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6-19-06
Juiced Judges
- Saitta exposed in LA
Times
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6-12-06
Steve is off this week
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6-5-06
Rizzolo pleads Guilty to Racketeering and Tax Evasion Sentencing scheduled for September 15.
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5-29-06
Steve is off this week
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5-22-06
Rizzolo is going to prison - but he still got away with murder!
- Vegas strip club owner pleads guilty to tax evasion, and his corporation pleads guilty to racketeering, but the story is far from over
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5-15-06
Steve is off this week
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5-8-06
Burn the place down?
- A few thugs have successfully redefined the image of our town into a Mob controlled, dangerous, lawless place unfit for families, or the faint of heart.
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5-1-06
Vegas slimes a Southern California Sheriff and gets a well deserved black eye
- Rizzolo becomes pal of a Sheriff with access to secret organized crime databases
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4-24-06
Steve is off this week
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4-17-06
"A cross between Boy's Town, and Sodom and Gomorrah"
- "Sin City's" warped standards finally required the Feds to step in to clean up our mess.
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4-10-06
So long, Joe
- From 1960 to 2001, Joe Kludjian owned the most popular restaurant in Vegas, the Golden Steer Steakhouse, located on West Sahara Ave. Joe died Tuesday, April 4. He was 81.
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4-3-06
"Innocent" people don't need immunity from prosecution!
- A trial that will validate dozens of AmericanMafia.com INSIDE VEGAS columns describing one of Sin City's biggest disgraces -- the Crazy Horse Too.
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3-27-06
The weak link
- This is the story of two District Attorneys; former San
Francisco DA Terance Hallinan, and current Clark County DA David Roger
who may be following in his footsteps when it comes to not enforcing laws pertaining to
the adult entertainment industry.
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3-20-06
Las Vegas is the end of the road in the sex slave trade
- Young Asian women
and children unknowingly spirited away from their families to become sex slaves in the back rooms of Sin City massage parlors or clandestine private residences.
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3-13-06
Steve is off this week
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3-6-06
Mayors caught enriching crony in "Honey pot estates" scam
- Former Vegas Mayor Jan Jones is currently the Senior Vice President of Communications and Government Relations for Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. Last Thursday, Jones' photo appeared on
the front page of the Las Vegas Review-Journal for reasons Harrah's would never condone.
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2-27-06
When will they ever learn?
- After three judges issued orders to cease and desist, and after thousands of dollars in judgments and lawyer fees, Rick Rizzolo continues illegally towing his neighbor's customer's cars.
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2-20-06
Sin City Update
- "Mr. Clean Face;"
Missing police report; Buffalo wins another judgment; "Oscar's
Speakeasy;" and Mayor obstructs justice.
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2-13-06
Steve is off this week
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2-6-06
Notarized affidavit tells of aftermath of purported Crazy Horse shooting, but no police report was filed
- This is a story I really don't want to tell. In fact, I'd
planned to take the week off -- until I received a fax.
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1-30-06
Going away parties held for Rizzolo in Vegas & Philly while his attorney tries to squelch sale of his Sin City club to an outsider.
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1-23-06
Philly Crazy Horse Too liquor license questioned
- It appears that the Philadelphia Board of Liquor License (BLC) had not heard of Rizzolo's problems prior to their swift granting of his privileged license, or they just looked the other way..
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1-16-06
Lombardo's Vegas connections may soon surface
- On Friday night, about a dozen FBI agents descended on Lombardo in an Elmwood Park alley.
- Chicago Sun-Times 01-14-06
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1-9-06
Rizzolo's story becomes tabloid fodder
- Rizzolo has a criminal record for brutal
violence.
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1-2-06
Steve is off this week
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12-26-05
Steve is off this week
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12-19-05
The anatomy of a nixed libel lawsuit
- In the news business, its not unusual to receive demands for retraction or correction.
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12-12-05
Steve is off this week
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12-5-05
Old California money shuns Vegas "neuvo riche"
- Beware of newcomers
bearing gifts
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11-21-05
Billy Walters' and Fred Glusman's political parties may end soon
- Crooked politicians and stinking deals come together at three posh eateries - two in Vegas - one in Newport Beach - that share the same host.
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11-14-05
CORRECTION to last week's INSIDE VEGAS
- Judge Stewart Bell was NOT
Rick Rizzolo's defense attorney in baseball bat beating case
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11-7-05
Baseball bat attack returns to haunt Vegans in their classy sanctuary
- "Pillar of the community" has a secret criminal record
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10-31-05
Steve is off this week
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10-24-05
Sin City Cabbie Conspiracy Worsens
- The tail is wagging the dog
with government help!
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10-17-05
Steve is off this week
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10-10-05
Stupid is as stupid does
- Rizzolo loses another case in Small Claims Court. This
is a very old and very stupid story -- a story that doesn't seem to have an end.
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10-3-05
Billy spills the beans
- $50 million dollar windfall hangs in
the balance, but old friend may no longer be able to help
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9-26-05
Billy Bounces Back
- ...but exposes friend to new round of ethics
charges
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9-19-05
Steve is off this week
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9-12-05
The life of the party
- A question I'm repeatedly asked by AmericanMafia.com readers is, "When I'm in Vegas, where should I go to see the mob?"
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9-5-05
"I was rolled at the Crazy Horse Too"
- No
one wants to kill a goose that lays golden eggs. On August 30, I received the following e-mail......
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8-29-05
Steve is off this week
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8-22-05
Driving while wealthy
- Well-to-do woman ODs on Xanax - falls asleep - runs over
and kills four people at a bus stop - DA refuses to prosecute. Five days later, she sings at a karaoke bar.
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8-15-05
A judge in their pocket
- "Mr.
Rizzolo has a good name in the community.".
- Judge Saitta, on the record
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8-8-05
Steve is off this week
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8-1-05
Glass houses
- Frankly, I'd rather be attacked by a swarm of malaria-crazed mosquitoes
than have Miller and Barrier on my case.
- John L. Smith, LV Review-Journal
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7-25-05
These Billy's give me the willies!
- Standing up for both these less-than-stand up Billy's is Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman
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7-18-05
What happens here, stays here
- Was the popular slogan plagiarized from Alcoholics Anonymous?
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7-11-05
Par for the course
- Sweetheart land deal expected to pass
under the radar - again
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7-4-05
US Supreme Court desecrates Fifth Amendment
- The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that
local governments may seize people's homes and businesses
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6-27-05
Steve is off this week
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6-20-05
Vegas is a second chance town
- Its rumored that sullied rock idol
Michael Jackson may be considering making his come back in our desert
town.
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6-13-05
The Ultimate Revenge
- "Dear Mr. Gentlemen" Competitor
leases billboard over Crazy Horse Too.
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6-6-05
Steve is off this week
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5-30-05
Attention: Clark County Sheriff Bill Young
- Seven Las Vegas Metro Police units spent over two hours with their engines and air conditioners running while officers were inside a topless bar.
Why?
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5-23-05
"I can do whatever I want. I'm the Mayor!"
- Imitation is the
sincerest form of flattery....
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5-16-05
Steve is off this week
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5-9-05
One "whorehouse" down, two to go
- On Wednesday, May 4, the Las Vegas City Council conducted a Show Cause hearing on the license of the Del Mar Motel on the Strip.
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5-2-05
The Wynns, and what they may not want us to know
- "Wynn Las Vegas" opened its $2.7 billion dollar doors at midnight Wednesday to thousands of starry-eyed people.
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4-25-05
Another man beaten at the Crazy Horse Too
- "An officer at the
scene said that club employees showed restraint."
- If Crazy Horse employees showed "restraint" last Monday, it was for
the first time in history!
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4-18-05
The Last Hours of the Crazy Horse Too
- On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams --
and Necks.
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4-11-05
Steve is off this week
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4-4-05
The BEST and the WORST of Las Vegas
- Las Vegas Review-Journal "Best
of Las Vegas 2005 Awards" just named Buffalo Jim Barrier " Las Vegas' Most Colorful Character." The newspaper's second choice was Sin City's mobbed-up mayor, Oscar Goodman.
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3-21-05
Rizzolo's Worst Nightmare
- more concerned about being inducted into the Nevada Gaming Control Board Excluded Person List also known as the "Black Book," than being indicted in the federal racketeering take down.
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3-14-05
When will Rizzolo Rat?
- The days of "omerta" are long gone
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3-7-05
"Degenerate" mayor endorses booze to eight year olds
- One item he
would bring with him ( if stranded on a dessert island ) would be "a bottle of gin."
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2-28-05
Steve is off this week
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2-21-05
City grants Treasures a permanent license.
- The battle of the
juice machines...
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2-14-05
Don't Mess with the IRS!
- Vinnie Faraci deserts Crazy Horse Too
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2-7-05
Steve is off this week
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1-31-05
The house that Mikey built.
- Another Vegas politico bites the dust, but this time it may not be gold dust.
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1-24-05
The Hammer Has Dropped.
- Indictments begin to roll. Who'll be next?
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1-17-05
Steve is off this week
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1-10-05
Vegas' secret city.
- Are politicians plotting demise of low income neighborhood to benefit rich developers? Or is this "progress" Vegas style?
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1-3-05
Steve is off this week
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