A federal jury awarded $2.1 million to the heirs of a man who charged that former Lyon County Public Administrator Richard Glover stole items from their father’s estate.

The jury announced its verdict Tuesday in the suit originally filed against Lyon County and Glover in 2007 in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas.

The jury awarded damages in the amount of about $1.6 million against Lyon County, and $180,000 against Glover for emotional distress, about $217,000 in damages against both the county and Glover for stolen property and $100,000 in punitive damages against Glover. (more…)