LAS VEGAS (Scripps News Las Vegas) — A man has been sentenced by the same Clark County District Judge that he attacked last week.
Deobra Redden appeared in court on Jan. 8, 2024, wearing a spit hood. (Court TV)
On Monday, Judge Mary Kay Holthus sentenced 30-year-old Deobra Redden to 19 months to two years in prison on attempted battery charges. This was in connection to a baseball bat attack on a person last year and isn’t related to the courtroom attack. According to Holthus, those charges will be handled on a future date by a different court.
Last week, Redden appeared before Holthus on an attempted battery with substantial bodily harm charge. As she was preparing to hand down a sentence, Redden was seen in a viral video jumping over the bench to attack her.
WATCH: Video shows man attack judge during sentencing
According to an arrest report, Holthus said Redden knocked her out of her chair and slammed her head against the wall before ripping some of her hair out. The report also stated that two marshals were notified of a panic alarm but were dispatched to the wrong courtroom.
Deobra Redden is seen in video attacking a Las Vegas judge during sentencing. (Scripps News Las Vegas)
The report adds that corrections officers heard Redden state “he had a bad day and tried to kill the judge today” while he was being strip searched.
Last week, Chief Judge Jerry Wiese said there are ongoing conversations about hiring more court marshals and assessing the designs of courtrooms at the Regional Justice Center to prevent something like this from happening again.
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