LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A Las Vegas attorney was arrested after court security found a loaded handgun in his briefcase during screening at the Family Court building, according to an arrest report.
The Eighth Judicial District Court confirmed an incident happened Oct. 14 at the Family Court location at 601 N. Pecos Road. In a statement, the court said the arrest was handled promptly by court security and law enforcement.
A deputy marshal said he was screening bags at the courthouse entrance around 8:55 a.m. when he saw what appeared to be a firearm inside Matthew Friedman’s brown briefcase on the X-ray monitor. The deputy stopped the conveyor belt, and another marshal checked the image before removing the briefcase…