Thursday, April 23, 1998 | 10:41 a.m.
CARSON CITY -- Sentencing has been set for June 9 for Mary B. Chatelle, 32, of Las Vegas on her guilty plea to operating a telemarketing scheme to swindle the elderly. When she appears before District Judge John McGroarty, Chatelle faces a maximum 12 years for obtaining money under false pretenses from a person 65 years and older. Her partner Robert Manning pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obtain money under false pretenses in February 1998. Deputy Attorney General Grenville Pridham said Manning cooperated with the investigation from the start and is now on three years probation. Chatelle was out on bail on a federal telemarketing offense when she started another operation called Spring Valley Associates. The criminal complaint said Manning called an 80-year-old woman in Wrangell, Alaska, in February 1996, telling her she had won a prize and a large sum of money, if she would send a check for $522 to collect the prizes. The check was sent but the prizes never showed up. Chatelle and Manning tried to use this scheme in telephone calls to other states when they were stopped by a criminal investigation.
RENO -- Reno attorney Greg Brower said Wednesday he would run for the Republican nomination for Assembly District 37 to succeed Peter Ernaut who has declined to seek re-election. Brower, 34, is vice chairman of the Washoe County Republican Party and will be making his first run for political office. Brower grew up in Las Vegas, graduated from Bonanza High School and attended UNLV for two years before transferring to the University of California, Berkeley where he received a bachelor's degree in economics. He earned a law degree from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. In the district, Republicans outnumber Democrats 17,000 to 8,000.
CARSON CITY -- The Nevada Supreme Court decided a record 544 cases during the first three months of this year, which is 85 more than were filed during the quarter. Chief Justice Charles Springer said Wednesday the high production is due to an increased and reorganized legal staff and special programs such as fast track for criminal cases and settlement conference for civil cases. Springer said about 150 new cases are filed each month and the court is one of the busiest supreme courts in the nation.
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