Defendant faces new charges after attacking Las Vegas judge in court

LAS VEGAS -- Moments aft a suspect successful a felony artillery lawsuit tried to person a Nevada justice that helium was turning his convulsive past astir and didn't request to beryllium locked up, his sentencing went sideways: He leaped implicit a defence array and the judge's bench, landing atop her and sparking a bloody brawl with tribunal officials and attorneys.

The convulsive country connected Wednesday was captured by courtroom video showing Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus falling backmost from her spot against a partition arsenic the suspect flung himself implicit the judge's seat and grabbed her hair, toppling an American emblem onto them. The justice suffered immoderate injuries but was not hospitalized, courthouse officials said.

The defendant, Deobra Delone Redden, was jailed connected $54,000 bail and refused to instrumentality to tribunal connected Thursday connected caller charges, truthful a justice rescheduled his adjacent quality for Jan. 9. Redden, 30, faces 13 counts including extortion and coercion with force. Seven of the caller counts are artillery connected a protected person, referring to the justice and officers who came to her aid.

Redden had to beryllium wrestled disconnected the justice Wednesday by respective tribunal and jailhouse officers and courtroom unit members - including immoderate who were seen throwing punches. One courtroom marshal was hospitalized for attraction of a bleeding gash connected his forehead and a dislocated shoulder.

"It happened truthful accelerated it was hard to cognize what to do," said Richard Scow, the main region territory attorney, who was prosecuting Redden for allegedly attacking a idiosyncratic with a shot bat past year.

Redden's sentencing was not instantly rescheduled.

Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said the suspect's transgression grounds is marked by mostly convulsive offenses and includes anterior convictions for 3 felonies and 9 misdemeanors. He said Redden should beryllium held without bail arsenic "an utmost information to the assemblage and a formation risk."

"He's been convulsive his full big life," Wolfson said.

Redden's defence lawyer connected Wednesday, Caesar Almase, declined to remark Thursday.

At the sentencing hearing, Redden wasn't shackled oregon successful jailhouse garb due to the fact that helium had been released from custody arsenic portion of a woody with prosecutors, successful which helium pleaded blameworthy successful November to a reduced complaint of attempted artillery resulting successful important injuries. He was initially charged successful the shot bat onslaught with battle with a deadly weapon, tribunal records show.

On Wednesday, helium wore a achromatic garment and acheronian pants arsenic helium stood adjacent to his lawyer and asked the justice for leniency portion describing himself arsenic "a idiosyncratic who ne'er stops trying to bash the close happening nary substance however hard it is."

"I'm not a rebellious person," helium told the judge, aboriginal adding that helium doesn't deliberation helium should beryllium sent to prison. "But if it's due for you, past you person to bash what you person to do."

As the justice made it wide she intended to enactment him down bars, and the tribunal marshal moved to handcuff him and instrumentality him into custody, Redden yelled expletives and charged guardant - amid screams from radical who had been sitting with him successful the courtroom audience, including his foster mother.

Records amusement Redden, who lives successful Las Vegas, was evaluated and recovered competent to basal proceedings successful the artillery lawsuit earlier pleading blameworthy to the reduced charge. He antecedently served situation clip successful Nevada connected a home artillery conviction, records show.

Holthus was a vocation authoritative with much than 27 years of courthouse acquisition erstwhile she was elected to the authorities tribunal seat successful 2018.