THE NEPHI KHALIKI FILES: Republican Politics, Revoked CCW Credentials, Arrest, Forgery Conviction — Then Texas
The most important finding: this went beyond an arrest
In March 2024, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police arrested Nephi Oliva, also known as Nephi Khaliki, after investigators alleged he continued teaching concealed-carry classes after the Nevada Sheriffs’ and Chiefs’ Association revoked his instructor status on August 7, 2023. LVMPD said he provided students paperwork signed by an active instructor even though Oliva himself had taught the classes. Police announced charges including forgery, fraud/deceit in the course of an occupation, and unlawful use of another person’s identifying information.
But there is a much more significant development after those initial news stories: the criminal case ultimately resulted in a guilty plea and judgment of conviction.
The Clark County District Court docket for State of Nevada v. Nephi Oliva, C-25-389290-1 shows an indictment containing conspiracy to commit forgery and multiple felony forgery counts. On March 4, 2025, the docket records that Oliva pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit forgery. The remaining counts were amended/dropped or otherwise not pursued under the plea disposition. The docket reports a sentence of two days in the Clark County Detention Center, with two days credit for time served, plus $178 in fees. A Judgment of Conviction was filed March 6, 2025.
That distinction matters enormously. It would be inaccurate simply to publish that he was charged with all of those offenses as though he was convicted of all of them. The strongest accurate statement is:
Nephi Oliva, aka Nephi Khaliki, was arrested on multiple felony allegations and later pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit forgery, resulting in a judgment of conviction.
His CCW instructor credentials had already been revoked
According to LVMPD, the Nevada Sheriffs’ and Chiefs’ Association revoked Oliva’s ability to teach CCW classes on August 7, 2023. Police alleged that he nevertheless continued teaching and used paperwork bearing the signature of an active instructor.
LVMPD’s investigation was significant enough that the department publicly asked for additional potential victims who had taken a class from Oliva after the revocation date.
He later sued LVMPD and others
There’s another part of the story that should be included for fairness.
On February 11, 2025, Oliva filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit, Oliva v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department et al., Case No. 2:25-cv-00283, naming LVMPD, the Churchill County Sheriff’s Department, the Nevada Sheriffs’ and Chiefs’ Association and individuals as defendants.
And that case did not immediately disappear. As recently as April 21, 2026, the federal court entered an order staying discovery while dispositive motions were being resolved. Court papers identify Oliva as representing himself.
So an investigative article should report both sides of this sequence: he was convicted in the state criminal matter, while separately pursuing civil claims against law-enforcement and regulatory defendants.
The controversial racial presentation
There is another substantial controversy predating the arrest.
In 2022, the Nevada Independent reported that a Vegas CCW presentation by Khaliki at the Clark County Library contained a slide titled “Firearm Safety for Black People” featuring racial stereotypes. The Las Vegas-Clark County Library District subsequently said it was reviewing its room-rental policy and publicly condemned racism and hate speech.
Khaliki defended the presentation as comedy and pointed out that his presentation also targeted other groups. Another news report quoted him explaining that he was deliberately using shocking humor to make firearm-safety principles memorable.
That defense should be included because it gives readers his explanation rather than characterizing his intent ourselves.
The political connection is especially noteworthy. The Nevada Independent reported that Republican politicians/candidates had been advertised as special guests, including John Lee, Joey Gilbert, Michele Fiore, Tom Roberts, Sharelle Mendenhall and Noah Malgeri. Several distanced themselves from or condemned the material; some said they weren’t present or hadn’t seen the slide.
Republican Party involvement
This is not merely a person who happened to register Republican.
Khaliki ran for chairman of the Clark County Republican Party in 2023. A Nevada Republican Club straw poll before the chairman election recorded:
Jill Douglass — 45
Nephi Khaliki — 17
Jesse Law — 16
Johnny Bru — 12
None of the Above — 1.
There is also a Veterans In Politics interview from July 2023 identifying him specifically as a candidate for Clark County Republican Party Chairman.
He subsequently became an actual Republican candidate for public office. Nevada’s official 2024 candidate list identifies:
Nephi Stephen Oliva
Ballot name: Nephi “Khaliki” Oliva
Party: Republican
Office: Nevada Assembly District 6.
Nevada Current also covered the AD6 Republican primary and specifically noted his recent arrest while describing the race between Republican candidates Geraldine Lewis and Oliva.
His own campaign site continues to identify him as a candidate for Assembly District 6.
Battles involving Nevada Republican leadership
There’s potentially a substantial chapter here.
Khaliki publicly criticized Nevada Republican leadership, including Chairman Michael McDonald and then-Clark County Chairman Jesse Law. In an October 2023 appearance on Blood Money, he discussed removing Law and then targeting McDonald’s leadership. The available transcript contains extremely aggressive criticism of both men and allegations concerning Republican Party leadership.
Those allegations should not be repeated as established facts without independently proving them. But his statements themselves are relevant evidence of the depth of his conflict with Republican leadership.
So his Republican history is more complicated than “Republican candidate.” He sought Clark County GOP leadership, publicly fought with Republican leadership, and then ran as a Republican for the Nevada Legislature.
An older Nevada business controversy
The paper trail reaches considerably further back.
In 2009, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported on Oliva’s Nevada Pigeon Control operation after North Las Vegas officials said the facility was improperly licensed, did not comply with zoning requirements and posed a public-health concern. The newspaper reported that Oliva removed hundreds of pigeons to an undisclosed location rather than surrendering them.
There’s now an official Nevada government record adding another dimension.
A 2025 Nevada Department of Business and Industry/Division of Industrial Relations meeting packet lists Nevada Pigeon Control LLC and Nephi S. Oliva, among others, in connection with a $1,000 administrative fine dating to 2013. It reports $472.28 collected and a remaining $527.72 recommended for write-off because collection efforts were unsuccessful. The document lists the Secretary of State status as “PERMANENTLY REVOKED.”
That is considerably stronger evidence than an internet accusation because it comes from a Nevada government document.
The Brittany Sheehan allegations need special caution
I also found an older political commentary by Nevada conservative activist Chuck Muth making serious allegations involving Khaliki, Brittany Sheehan, fundraising and her Facebook account. Muth wrote that allegations had been made that Oliva had taken GoFundMe money intended for Sheehan’s defense and hacked her Facebook account.
I would not publish those claims as facts based on that source alone. They are allegations reported by a political commentator, not a criminal conviction or court finding in the evidence I’ve located so far.
They are potentially worth investigating further, however, because Muth’s article contains additional claims about a dispute between Khaliki and Sheehan and describes communications Muth said he received directly from Khaliki.
Did he leave Nevada for Texas?
This gets particularly interesting.
I found concrete evidence placing a Nephi Khaliki-branded business/activity in Texas in September 2025. A press release announced that Extreme Cowboy Fastdraw LLC was operating a “Haunted Shoot House” in Watauga, Texas, near Fort Worth, and attributes a quote directly to Nephi Khaliki.
However, I would not yet write that he permanently moved from Nevada to Texas.
Why? Because federal court papers filed in April 2026 in his Nevada lawsuit still identify Nephi S. Oliva with a Las Vegas, Nevada mailing address.
His LinkedIn search result likewise continued to identify him with Las Vegas, Nevada when indexed.
Therefore the evidence currently supports:
Khaliki clearly established or participated in business activity in the Fort Worth/Watauga, Texas area by September 2025, but I have not yet found authoritative evidence establishing that he permanently abandoned Nevada residency and moved to Texas. In fact, a 2026 federal filing continued to list him at a Las Vegas address.
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