Tom O’Connell

Thomas M. O’Connell is the former Senior Litigation Counsel and Chief of the Narcotics and Violent Crimes Section of the United States Attorney’s Office in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition to his 13 years in the Las Vegas U.S. Attorneys Office, he served for 8 years in the Northern District of California. Tom retired in 2013 and relocated back to Las Vegas. Since then, he has helped trained Las Vegas Metro, North Las Vegas and Henderson police, and U.S. Probation. He’s addressed inmates at High Desert State Prison and guest lectured at both UNLV and Boyd School of Law.

“When The Strip Was Under Siege” The Wynns of Sin City, The Duponts of Delaware, and The Crips of Compton

THE GOOD (READ: BAD) OLD DAYS (WHEN THE STRIP WAS UNDER SIEGE) Let’s go back in time, a few decades, to a different world.  Las Vegas, 1990 – the “New Vegas”. When The Strip Was Under Siege. The actual birthday was November 22, 1989, the day the grandiose, lavish, sparkling-new Mirage was unveiled to the …

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Belated update re: Las Vegas Medical Nightmares – TOMAS KUCERA

YET ANOTHER LAS VEGAS MEDICAL NIGHTMARE – TOMAS KUCERA After receiving treatment from Tomas Kucera, on September 17, 2018  my wife of 41 years was admitted to the St. Rose ER in Henderson, NV, with an initial diagnosis of “septic shock” and kidney failure.  At the time she was on Cosentyx, an immunosuppressant, for psoriasis. …

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The “Greatest” Clay/Ali

REALLY? It’s pathetic going through Muhammed Ali’s  “highlights”, recently posted on Facebook.  Beating a virtual amateur (Leon Spinks) a light heavyweight (Bob Foster) a washed up, gut-shot fighter (Cleveland Williams), and his own mostly European “Bum of the Month Club”. Got knocked down by Doug Jones, knocked out by Henry Cooper, out-punched 300-100 by Jimmy …

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