A Couple of Scoundrels Get Their Due

The world is brimming with miscreants, and every so often, one of them stumbles into the arms of justice as neatly as a calf into a branding pen.

Such was the fate of Mauricio Urbano De La Luz, a 50-year-old fellow whose name shall now be associated with disgrace rather than distinction. On the evening of Sunday, March 16, the Elko Police Department found themselves summoned to Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital, where a grievous matter was at hand.

A child, scarcely begun in life, had suffered at the hands of an unpardonable wretch. Detectives took up the trail, following a scent fouler than a wet coyote, and soon enough, their inquiries pointed squarely at Mr. De La Luz.

Armed with a search warrant and a righteous cause–authorities laid hands upon him on March 20, securing his passage to a less hospitable lodging than accustomed to. For his crimes, De La Luz now faces one count of sexual assault with bodily injury, a charge that, should justice be served, will see him locked away where he may contemplate the errors of his ways.

Meanwhile, in the western stretches of Nevada, another rogue has been caught through the diligent efforts of the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office Sex Offender Task Force.

On March 22, while conducting routine compliance checks, they stumbled upon one Robert Thomas Weathers, a 50-year-old resident of Dayton, who had neglected his legal obligations as a Tier II sex offender. Whether by laziness, arrogance, or sheer cussedness, Mr. Weathers failed to comply with his registration requirements, resulting in an all-expenses-paid stay at the Lyon County Jail.