Las Vegas Crime News Roundup: Man Who Attacked Judge Faces Up to 65 Years in Prison

will be spending up to 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 to between 26 and 65 years, his attorney, Carl Arnold, a Nevada criminal defense lawyer, revealed on Wednesday.

Arnold 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.

Redden was indicted on nine charges earlier this year and pleaded not guilty before going on trial. 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 announced at the that she was sending Redden 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 his most recent trial, Arnold revealed that Redden failed to take a medication the day of the attack.

The judge who sentenced Redden was Susan Johnson.

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 motel room, but Heider stopped her, police said. He then repeatedly stabbed her, police added.

Heider was arrested for the November 22 knifing when he was located in the 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, suffering injuries that were described by police as “life-threatening.”

An 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 in 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.