The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports today that criminal charges are being filed against Nye County Sheriff’s Detective David Boruchowitz.
Photo of Conrad Claus from the Las Vegas Review Journal.
The RJ report further indicates that a “new special prosecutor,” Conrad Claus, named by Nye County District Attorney Bob Beckett announced the charges at a press conference in in Clark County. Claus said the criminal complaint contains 25 count and will be filed in the Nye County District Court.
Boruchowitz participated in the arrest of District Attorney Beckett on May 5 alleging 40 counts of embezzlement.
Claus outlined the case against Boruchowitz, who he described as a rogue cop who has abused his authority to smear and harass Beckett and two candidates who are seeking to unseat DeMeo.
In the criminal complaint, Boruchowitz is accused of lying to obtain a search warrant that led to the arrest of sheriff’s candidate Ted Holmes, who was booked March 12 for impersonating a police officer but has yet to be formally charged.
The complaint also charges Boruchowitz in connection with an April 17 incident in which he and other officers allegedly kicked in the door of a Pahrump apartment without probable cause and illegally searched a group of teenagers, including the daughter of sheriff’s candidate and Nevada Highway Patrol officer Scott Cobel.
Claus said that if convicted on all the charges Boruchowitz is “looking at the rest of his life in prison.”
The RJ additionally reported that Claus, presently in private practice, is a former Clark County prosecutor. In latter April Claus held a press conference at the Nye County Courthouse and related a harassment complaint and numerous other allegations against Ron Kent, currently running against Beckett in the upcoming election.
The plot thickens, as they say in novels. So do legal questions. Does Beckett have legal power to appoint a special prosecutor? Can Claus, a private citizen, file formal criminal charges in a court of law? If so, who pays him? The Nye County Commissioners? Will the Nye County Courts recognize Claus as a duly empowered prosecutor to prosecute the cases(s)? Will Claus has subpoena power to compel court appearance of witnesses? Will the court issue a warrant for the arrest of Boruchowitz when the complaint is filed. Will the court even officially file the complaint?
Stay tuned. This scenario has all the makings of a TV soap opera.
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