Deputy DA accused of DUI with child in backseat, report says

A Clark County lawman territory lawyer was arrested past period connected suspicion of DUI portion her lad was successful the backseat.

A Nevada Highway Patrol trooper arrested Nicole Malich conscionable earlier 3 a.m. July 18 aft she was recovered swerving crossed U.S. Highway 95 adjacent Tropicana Avenue, according to an apprehension study released Tuesday.

Malich told the trooper that her lad was dormant successful the backseat and that she had 1 brew astir 2 hours earlier driving.

The trooper noted successful the apprehension study that Malich failed a sobriety trial and that her eyes were bloodshot.

Malich has been a lawman territory lawyer since 2015, and worked arsenic a instrumentality clerk for the region betwixt 2012 and 2014, according to nationalist payroll data.

The territory attorney’s bureau did not respond to a petition for remark Tuesday. Malich’s employment presumption remains unclear.

Child Protective Services took custody of her lad connected July 18 portion Malich was booked into Clark County Detention Center connected charges of kid abuse, driving nether the influence, nonaccomplishment to decently support question lanes and not utilizing a postulation awesome erstwhile changing lanes.

A tribunal proceeding successful the lawsuit is scheduled for Nov. 15.

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