Deobra Redden told Judge Susan Johnson he agreed to the change in plea for seven counts, just minutes after a jury heard testimony from Judge Mary Kay Holthus and a law clerk involved in the January attack.

“Did you do that, sir?” Johnson asked Redden after reading the attempted murder charge.

“Yes,” Redden responded.

His attorney, Carl Arnold, released a statement saying Redden’s plea “acknowledges the gravity of the situation while underscoring his ongoing struggle with severe mental health issues.”

“We deeply respect the pain and trauma experienced by Judge Holthus, and we continue to express our utmost sympathy for her and her family,” Arnold said in his statement. “At the same time, we are committed to ensuring that Mr. Redden receives the appropriate legal and medical support he needs to address his mental health challenges.”

Before the trial started, Redden pleaded guilty to six counts, and prosecutors agreed to drop two more. Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 7.

After finalizing Redden’s plea, Johnson informed the jurors that the parties “resolved their differences” and they were excused from service.

Arnold said he will work to ensure Redden receives a fair sentence that accounts for his mental health conditions.

Holthus left her bench to take the stand as the first witness to testify in Redden’s trial. During her testimony, a prosecutor played the video from the January attack and the moments leading up to it during a sentencing hearing.

In the video, a prosecutor tells Holthus that Redden had a history of violent crimes and asked for a prison term. Past charges included home invasion, domestic violence and battery on a protected person.

In the video, Redden speaks on his own behalf, and his attorney asks for a suspended sentence, citing his previously completed probation programs, mental health history and background.

“I appreciate that, but I think it’s time that he get a taste of something else,” Holthus responds. “I just can’t with that history.”

That’s when Redden swears at Holthus, jumps over the bench, and attacks the judge, leading to a melee as Holthus’ clerk, Michael Lasso, and a court marshal try to hold Redden back and subdue him.

“I was down on the ground and I could just hear — I could just feel him going — someone going at me,” Holthus told the court Thursday. “It was Mr. Redden because that’s where he was. And I could feel someone trying to pull him off and [someone says], ‘Leave her alone.’ Like they’re fighting over me.”

She added, “As soon as I was clear enough, I literally rolled onto my bench in the fetal position.”

Holthus said she feared for her life during the attack and was concerned about how the fact it was recorded could affect her family.

“I know that there’s video, and there’s a part of me going, I’ll be dead, but I have three kids,” she said. “They’re gonna watch, and that’s what they’re gonna see. That’s what was making me so mad. Not what he was doing to me, but what he could do to my family.”

Before the trial, Redden pleaded not guilty to the attempted murder charge. Arnold argued that Redden did not intend to kill Holthus when he attacked her.

On cross-examination from Arnold, Holthus said she did not suffer any broken bones from the attack. She said she could not recall specifics from the attack, such as the number of times she was hit or whether Redden used a closed fist.

After Holthus, prosecutors called Lasso, who testified about witnessing the attack and trying to intervene to pull Redden. The change in plea was entered before Arnold had an opportunity to cross-examine Lasso.

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Officers got a report of a suspicious person outside a funeral home on Charleston Boulevard on Tuesday, Aug. 27, the report states.

They found an open casket on a cart, a body left in the landscaping and an open door with broken glass on the side of the funeral home. When they went inside, the officers did not find any other damage or bodies left out, but they did find a small child’s bike on the side of the building.

Detectives reviewed surveillance video from the funeral home and saw a woman break the front window and reach through to unlock the front door. She walked into the viewing room, took the casket out and removed the remains.

Two days later, an officer spotted the woman at a convenience store on Valley View Boulevard, according to the report. Officers detained the woman, who identified herself as Patricia Sierra.

Speaking to detectives, Sierra said she has a substance abuse problem and she “blacks out,” police wrote. She said she did not remember the incident and was apologetic, saying she drank six beers beforehand.

“While viewing the video, Sierra looked down and acknowledged she was the one in the video,” the report states. “When asked why she did it, Sierra continued to state she blacked out and did not remember why she did it.”

Sierra remains held at Clark County Detention Center on suspicion of grand larceny, burglary of a business and disturbing human remains. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 18.

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Treavion Randolph, 16, Dontral Beaver, 16, Damien Hernandez, 18, and Gianni Robinson, 17, were originally charged in January as adults with second-degree murder and conspiracy.

“I felt a lot of anger and rage, and heartbreak and different emotions. It’s truly sickening that they are getting offered these plea deals,” Mellisa Ready, Lewis’s mother said.

The teenagers agreed in August to have their cases moved back to juvenile court so they wouldn’t be charged as adults.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said the Rancho High School student was hit, kicked and punched to the point of unconsciousness in an alley near Rancho High School on Nov. 1. He died from his injuries a week later.

Investigators said 10 people attacked Lewis. According to investigators, the fight started over a stolen vape pen and possibly wireless headphones.

Police arrested nine teenagers in November. Beaver, Hernandez, Randolph and Robinson’s cases were automatically moved to adult court because of Nevada law. If a child age 16 or older is accused of murder, their case automatically transfers from juvenile court to adult court without the certification hearing process.

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Attorneys for both sides told Judge Michelle Leavitt they were ready to proceed to jury selection Aug. 12 in the case against Robert Telles.

Prosecutors told Leavitt they have 20 witnesses for the case, while Robert Draskovich, Telles’ attorney, said he had 12 witnesses to call. He anticipated a trial lasting about 10 days.

A criminal trial would cap the nearly two-year-long prosecution of Telles, who was arrested days after Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, 69, was found stabbed outside of his home in Sept. 2022.

German worked as a reporter in Southern Nevada for decades, first with the Las Vegas Sun and later with the Review-Journal.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said they enacted their major case protocol because of German’s work as an investigative journalist. They obtained photos of a person walking to and from German’s home seen wearing a bright orange jacket, large straw hat, dark-colored pants and light-colored sneakers. They also identified a red or maroon GMC Yukon as a suspect vehicle in the case.

Days later, police were seen outside Telles’ home in the west valley serving a search warrant, and a red GMC Yukon SUV was towed out of a driveway.

According to an arrest report, police got anonymous tips saying Telles was upset with German over articles written about his work as Clark County public administrator. Earlier in May, the Review-Journal published reports from German on allegations that Telles had an inappropriate relationship with a staffer and created a hostile work environment for several employees.

In June, Telles lost his bid for reelection in the Democratic Party primary, and prosecutors pointed to his defeat as a likely motive for the killing.

Investigators learned Telles and his wife owned a red GMC Yukon that matched the one seen near German’s home, the arrest report states. Investigators got a warrant to search Telles’ home and SUV, as well as obtain a DNA sample. A lab analysis of DNA collected from German’s hands during an autopsy matched the sample taken from Telles. LVMPD said they also found clothing in Telles’ home that matched what the photographed suspect was wearing.

Police took Telles into custody on suspicion of open murder, and a grand jury returned an indictment for the charge the following month. He has remained behind bars at Clark County Detention Center since his arrest, and the county successfully petitioned to remove him from office about three months before his term expired.

Telles has pleaded not guilty, arguing that he was framed for German’s murder. Prosecutors are not pursuing the death penalty.

Getting a trial started this month hinged on the review of German’s digital files. The Nevada Supreme Court ruled that his devices are protected under the state’s shield laws for journalists, preventing police and prosecutors from having unfettered access. The Review-Journal was responsible for combing through those files to find anything potentially related to the case, which was then turned over to prosecutors and Telles’ defense.

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