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M.B. Mack

Convicted Felon Gets Quarter-Century in Prison for Infamously Leaping Over Bench to Assault Judge During Sentencing: 'I Cared About Her Wellbeing'

Video shows Las Vegas judge being attacked in courtroom (Credit: KHOU 11 / YouTube screenshot)

A Las Vegas man was sentenced to decades in prison after infamously leaping over a courtroom bench earlier this year to attack a judge during his sentencing.

On January 3, 2023, Deobra Redden, 31, was in court to be sentenced for an attempted battery charge when he lunged over Judge Mary Kay Holthus' 4-foot-high bench, grabbed her hair, and caused injuries that did not require hospitalization.

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