A FORMER prosecutor-turned-fugitive who handled the high-profile drug cases of Paris Hilton and Bruno Mars has been found dead in his Las Vegas home, his lawyer says.
David Schubert, 49, had completed a five-month stint in prison for crack cocaine possession in April. He was found sitting in his truck in his home's garage with the windows rolled down, according to his lawyer and friend Lou Schneier.
Schubert spent 10 years as a Clark County prosecutor, including a stint as a liaison to a federal drug task force. He resigned in 2011 after he was arrested with $US40 in rock cocaine and an unregistered handgun in his car.
He fled to Mexico to avoid jail but returned to the US. He told a judge he felt he had been treated exceptionally harshly.
He expected mandatory probation and a chance to wipe the felony conviction from his record. But the judge refused to consider a plea deal, calling Schubert "a disgrace to his oath as a prosecutor and a lawyer" and declaring that he wouldn't get special treatment.
Schubert told the Las Review-Journal in a jailhouse interview that he felt singled out.
"I did what I did, and I accept the consequences," he said. "But I don't feel I was treated fairly by the system."
Schubert's sentence contrasted with those of the people he helped prosecute. Both Hilton and Mars made plea deals and avoided jail time.
He was isolated for his own safety in prison because of his history as a prosecutor. Schneier said that may have contributed to Schubert's poisoning sense of injustice.
The ex-prosecutor missed a check-in with his parole officer last week, Schneier said. His phone had been turned off for at least a week, possibly because he couldn't afford the bill.
After a few visits to Schubert's home, parole officers finally entered early on Wednesday and found the body, Schneier said.
The ex-prosecutor is survived by a 15-year-old son and 14-year-old daughter who live with their mother in another state.
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