{"id":2255583,"date":"2024-05-30T08:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T12:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-dies-after-hes-hit-by-a-car-near-courthouse\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T08:33:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T12:33:29","slug":"federal-judge-dies-after-hes-hit-by-a-car-near-courthouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-dies-after-hes-hit-by-a-car-near-courthouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Judge Passes Away in Car Accident Near Courthouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffederal-judge-dies-after-hes-hit-by-a-car-near-courthouse%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2255583&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>U.S. District Court Judge Larry Hicks,\u2064 appointed by President George W. Bush, tragically passed away in a car crash\u2063 near the federal courthouse in Reno, Nevada. At 80 years\u200c old, he was struck \u2064by\u200d a vehicle while crossing the street. Colleagues \u200dand authorities expressed\u200b shock and sorrow over the loss\u2063 of\u200d a \u2064respected judicial figure with over 53 \u2062years of service. \u2062Your revised text \u200cis \u2062clear and concise, capturing the key details of the incident involving U.S. District Court \u2063Judge Larry Hicks.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Court Judge Larry Hicks, who was appointed by President George W. Bush, was killed in a crash near the federal courthouse in Reno, Nevada, on Wednesday. He was 80 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said the judge was crossing the street near the courthouse where he worked around 2:15 p.m. when he was struck by a vehicle, ABC affiliate KOLO 8 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kolotv.com\/2024\/05\/30\/federal-judge-larry-hicks-has-died\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. Hicks was rushed to the hospital but was later declared dead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s news regarding the Honorable Judge Larry R. Hicks who served Nevada for over 53 years is tragic,\u201d Washoe County, Nevada, Sheriff Darin Balaam said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cToday\u2019s news regarding the Honorable Judge Larry R. Hicks who served Nevada for over 53 years is tragic,\u201d Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam said. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kfM4jmHYZw\">pic.twitter.com\/kfM4jmHYZw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Washoe Sheriff (@WashoeSheriff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WashoeSheriff\/status\/1796005196096545016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Police said that the driver of the vehicle that struck Hicks is cooperating with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">law enforcement<\/a>, adding that it does not appear that the driver was impaired at the time of the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Hicks was appointed by Bush in 2001 after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvd.uscourts.gov\/court-information\/judges\/judge-larry-r-hicks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">serving<\/a> as the Washoe County district attorney from 1974 to 1978 and then working in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-democrat-kingpin-michael-madigan-indicted-for-corruption\/\" title=\"Illinois Democrat Kingpin Michael Madigan Indicted for Corruption\">private law practice<\/a> from 1979 until his appointment to the federal judgeship in 2001. He assumed senior status as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wow-georgia-judge-who-also-is-stacy-abrams-sister-blocks-elections-officials-from-challenging-voters-who-live-outside-of-registered-district\/\" title=\"WOW! Georgia Judge Who Also Is Stacy Abrams\u2019 Sister BLOCKS Elections Officials from Challenging Voters Who Live Outside of Registered District!\">district court judge<\/a> in 2013. Hicks is also the father of Washoe County District Attorney Chris Hicks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, our community lost an extraordinary man,\u201d the Hicks family said in a statement, according to KOLO 8. \u201cJudge Larry Hicks was a deeply admired, lawyer and judge, a devoted friend, mentor, and a committed servant to the administration of justice. To us, he was first and foremost, a man who put nothing before family. He was a hero in all manners, a loving husband of nearly 59 years, a doting dad, an adoring Papa, and brother. His loss is beyond comprehension.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1717093736215000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2BP-gBNKYLVEZHfr0oA88Y\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Sheriff Balaam added, \u201cDespite his notable accomplishments, Judge Hicks once stated, \u2018My greatest thrill in life is my family.\u2019 His life philosophy was based on a balance of family, work, and self.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. District Court Judge Larry Hicks, appointed by President George W. Bush, tragically passed away in a collision near the Reno federal courthouse on Wednesday. The 80-year-old judge was struck while crossing the street close to his workplace at around 2:15 p.m. Authorities are investigating the incident<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2255584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Larry-Hicks-e1717070126793.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2255583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Larry-Hicks-e1717070126793.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2255583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2255584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2255583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2255583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2255583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}