A federal judge has dismissed a criminal complaint against a Las Vegas property manager connected to a January raid on a suspected illegal biolab in the city’s east valley.
U.S. District Judge Elayna Youchah on May 11 granted a government motion to dismiss the federal case against 55-year-old Ori Solomon, a dual citizen of Israel and France.
The brief one-page order was issued without prejudice, leaving open the possibility that prosecutors could refile the charge later.
Local media first reported news of the dismissal on May 26.
Federal investigators had accused Solomon—who also uses the spelling Salomon—of unlawfully handling hazardous waste after authorities searched a short-term rental property near Washington Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard on Jan. 31….