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Background: In June 2006, Darren Mack (pictured), a wealthy Nevada father who was involved in a divorce, stabbed his estranged wife to death and then executed a well-planned murder attempt on a Nevada judge. Mack shot and wounded the judge but failed to kill him. According to the Reno Gazette-Journal, when police searched Mack's residence they found he "had bombmaking materials in his bedroom" as well as "several boxes of firearm ammunition." At the time of Mack’s murder spree, I wrote:“I condemn without qualification the crimes allegedly committed by Darren Mack in Nevada last week. Mack was angered by his...

Background: In June 2006, Darren Mack, a wealthy Nevada father who was involved in a divorce, stabbed his estranged wife to death and then executed a well-planned murder attempt on a Nevada judge. Mack shot and wounded the judge but failed to kill him. According to the Reno Gazette-Journal, when police searched Mack's residence they found he "had bombmaking materials in his bedroom" as well as "several boxes of firearm ammunition." At the time of Mack’s murder spree, I wrote: “I condemn without qualification the crimes allegedly committed by Darren Mack in Nevada last week. Mack was angered by his...

This week marks the one year anniversary of Darren Mack's murder of his estranged wife and shooting of a Nevada judge. The event is being recounted in several articles, including "One Year Anniversary Haunts Reno" (KREN, 6/12/07)[www.kren.com/news/7967782.html] and the more detailed "Violence reverberates through lives" (Reno Gazette-Journal, 6/10/07)[news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070610/NEWS/706100354/1002]. I've written about Mack on numerous occasions, including: "Do I Even Need to Say This?" (6/19/06, see below) "Thomas Jefferson Murdered Women?" (6/26/06): www.glennsacks.com/enewsletters/enews_6_27_06.htm "First Darren Mack, Now Herbert Chalmers--More Radical Fathers' Rights Idiocy" (2/10/07): glennsacks.com/blog/?p=205 "Darren Mack and the Presumption of Innocence" (2/24/07): glennsacks.com/blog/?p=288 The evidence of Mack's guilt seems overwhelming,...

RENO, Nev. — A former pawn shop owner wanted in the slaying of his estranged wife and the sniper shooting of a judge surrendered to authorities at a Mexican hotel after nearly two weeks on the run.

RENO, Nev. - A man charged with killing his estranged wife and suspected in the sniper shooting of a judge was in custody early Friday, authorities said. Washoe County District Attorney Dick Gammick confirmed that Darren Mack had been arrested. No further details about where or how he was arrested were immediately released. On Thursday, authorities said Mack, 45, was believed to be on Mexico's west coast and had been spotted previously in Cabo San Lucas and La Paz. Gammick said then that Mack had arranged to turn himself at the U.S. consulate in Puerto Vallarta on Thursday, but failed...

Judge Chuck Weller was told weeks ago that the man now suspected of shooting him had launched a campaign to ruin the judge's career, a spokesman for Weller said Wednesday. Police focused on Northern California as they searched for Darren Mack, a wealthy Reno pawn shop owner wanted in the slaying of his estranged wife and for a sniper attack that wounded Weller, who was handling the couple's contentious divorce. Investigators also said Mack, 45, may be armed with a high-powered semiautomatic rifle, has a student pilot's license and might try to flee the country. "Our understanding is that he...