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May. 15, 2008
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Felony charges stand in Boggs case

By DAVID KIHARA
REVIEW-JOURNAL

Lynette Boggs
Ex-county commissioner scheduled to go to trial July 28 on perjury, filing false document charges

Felony charges against former Clark County Commissioner Lynette Boggs will stand even though the law is "somewhat unclear," a district judge said Wednesday.

After an hour-long court hearing, Judge Donald Mosley ruled Boggs will still face felony perjury and filing a false document charges for claiming to live in a house within her district when she allegedly lived outside Commission District F.

Boggs is scheduled to go to trial July 28.

During the hearing, Boggs' attorney Gabriel Grasso argued that felony charges were inappropriate considering the allegations. He said that willfully making a false statement on a campaign filing form is a gross misdemeanor under Nevada election law, and does not constitute perjury.

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    • Chief Deputy District Attorney Scott Mitchell, however, said that the form Boggs filled out clearly states that candidates risk perjury charges if they willfully give false information.

    After a technical discussion on the wording of the law, Mosley said he was "going to give deference" to the state.

    Boggs, standing next to Grasso during the hearing, held a look of concentration on her face. She made no statement during the hearing and declined to comment afterwards.

    Grasso said Boggs, who was indicted in August, remains essentially unemployed but has an Internet radio show.

    He said the charges against her hurt her marriage and contributed to her divorce.

    "She went from someone who had the world in the palm of her hand to somebody who is really living day to day," he said.

    A grand jury indicted Boggs on two counts of perjury and two counts filing a false document.

    Prosecutors accused Boggs of living at 3646 Dutch Valley Drive, which is outside her district, even though she claimed in campaign papers to be living at 6386 Grays River Court. The Grays River home is within her district.

    Grasso said that Boggs believed the house at Dutch Valley Drive would eventually be part of her district after rezoning.

    Authorities also accused Boggs of trying to get around campaign finance laws by paying her baby-sitter with campaign funds in 2006 and listing the baby-sitting fees as "special events" expenses.

    Mosley in February dropped those charges, saying that Boggs didn't willfully try to hide the baby-sitting fees.

    The charges against Boggs stem from an investigation paid for by the Las Vegas Police Protective Association and Culinary Local 226. Investigators captured footage of Boggs in 2006 collecting the newspaper, taking out trash and coming and going from the Dutch Valley Drive house.

    Boggs has said she thought the unions targeted her because she voted in 2005 to remove County Commissioner Tom Collins from the Las Vegas police's Fiscal Affairs Department, which was going to approve a raise for the police union. Collins supported the raise and Boggs' vote was seen as opposition to the raise.

    She also has ties to Stations Casinos, a foe of the Culinary union.

    During grand jury testimony, Boggs said she split her time between both homes, adding that the Dutch Valley home is about 50 feet from her district.

    The woman with whom Boggs claimed to share the house disputed how often Boggs was there. Linda Ferris told investigators Boggs rarely went into the Grays River house and said Boggs wanted her to establish a paper trail showing that the former county commissioner resided there.

    Contact Review-Journal reporter David Kihara at 702-380-1039 or dkihara@reviewjournal.com.



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    VegasPunisher wrote on May 16, 2008 12:06 AM: She's lucky the convictions in Vegas. With our court pleas, she will be out in 2 months.


    theo wrote on May 15, 2008 03:21 PM: Steve wrote: "It's OK to be a crook if you're a Democrat... it's only illegal if you're a Republican."

    Yeah, that worked so well for Dario Herrera, Mary Kincaid-Chauncey and Erin Kenney.


    David wrote on May 15, 2008 02:38 PM: She also has ties to Stations Casinos, a foe of the Culinary union

    Another example on how Station Casinos manipulates the truth to their advantage. They state they are a member of the Forbes top 100 companies to work for and yet they do everything to keep wages and benefits down. They vehemently fight the union but refuse to pay equivalent wages and benefits. They refuse to divulge the number of layoffs from the economic slowdown but press full speed with expansion plans.


    Me wrote on May 15, 2008 02:36 PM: ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!
    Rot in hell Lynette, and take your pal Yvonne with you.


    Rodman wrote on May 15, 2008 01:30 PM: I loved the comment that she thought the Dutch Vally house" would eventually be part of her district." I believe that someday, after the big quake, I will own ocean front property and even be considered a resident of Calefornee (as Arnold says). Until then it is what it is and I am a resident of Nevada, the home of worthless corrupt politicians and believe me there are many.


    Steve wrote on May 15, 2008 12:16 PM: If she were a Democrat instead of Republican, she wouldn't even have been charged. All she needs to do to get out of the felony charges is change her party affiliation. It's OK to be a crook if you're a Democrat... it's only illegal if you're a Republican.


    die old sun city residents wrote on May 15, 2008 10:24 AM: PEOPLE WHO TYPE IN ALL CAPS tend to be old rasins from sun city who need to die and save us tax money.


    Run Lynette wrote on May 15, 2008 10:13 AM: Run to the feds as fast as you can. Expose the whole mess.


    the creep wrote on May 15, 2008 09:57 AM: "..ties to stations casinos.." Wait a minute, are we say we have a county council commissioner with interests in the financial performance of some local casinos? Hhhmm, going to have to think on this one. I agree with milan, I think we are just scratching the surface on this person..more accusations to come........


    milan wrote on May 15, 2008 08:31 AM: JUST A TIP OF THE ICEBERG WITH THIS LOW LIFE SCUM SUCKER---SHE IS AS CORRUPT AS THEY COME AND IF ALL COMES OUT THERE WILL BE MANY MORE CHARGES AND LOTS OF JAIL TIME.


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