LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Las Vegas Metro police re-arrested a 35-time offender on Wednesday, weeks after a judge ordered his release to electronic monitoring despite the sheriff’s refusal, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned.
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On Thursday, March 12, the 8 News Now Investigators first reported on the clash between police and the Las Vegas Justice Court over the authority to declare a defendant too dangerous. Attorneys for Metro filed their petition Monday, March 9, after Las Vegas Justice Court Judge Eric Goodman ordered 36-year-old Joshua Sanchez-Lopez released to Metro’s electronic-monitoring program.
Sanchez-Lopez is a convicted felon who most recently served prison time on drug and involuntary manslaughter charges, according to records. In court paperwork filed with the Nevada Supreme Court, Metro said his record includes 35 arrests.
On Wednesday, Metro arrested Sanchez-Lopez for the 36th time, the 8 News Now Investigators first reported. According to the department, officers found him with a shaved mail key, fraudulent ID and credit cards, and methamphetamine. Officers arrested Sanchez-Lopez during a traffic stop on Boulder Highway near Desert Inn Road after a complaint of a man going through mailboxes at an apartment complex…