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.

Steve Wynn and Cliven Bundy

WHAT A DIFFERENCE LEADERSHIP MAKES; THE WYNN KIDNAPPING CASE VS THE CLIVEN BUNDY DEBACLE – A STUDY IN STARK CONTRAST Dateline: New Year’s Day, 2018 I read the news today.  Oh boy. The Top Ten Las Vegas stories of 2017, per the Las Vegas Review Journal, were a disturbing and dismal lot.  Included were the Route …

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BUNDY

“ANOTHER DEBACLE FOR FEDERAL PROSECUTORS IN THE CLIVEN BUNDY CASE” https://www.reviewjournal.com/…/editorial-another-debacle-…/ Las Vegas U.S Attorneys Dan Bogden and Steve Myhre’s Chickens Coming Home To Roost in Bundy Case. _______________________________________________________ Since Harry Reid – in an act of politically motivated vengeance – orchestrated the reappointment of previously fired U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden by President Obama in …

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Boxing GGG Canelo

Thank you, gods of boxing. A REAL  fight! A certain Las Vegas sports writer is whining about those who look forward to Canelo vs GGG as a sign that boxing may not be dead. Huh?

The Bell Tolls for Boxing

“The Sweet Science” There was a time, when I was young, that I considered boxing, along with wrestling, to be the most sacred of the ancient sports.   (See: Sparta) Sadly, many fisticuff battles of modern times have been sullied through the years.  Fixed fights, viciously exploitive “promoters” and repeated head blows have badly damaged …

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