Bryan Yant, a narcotics detective on paid administrative leave since a June 11 drug raid led to the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Trevon Cole, has been reassigned to a desk job at the Metropolitan Police Department. A police official said an investigation concluded Yant violated several policies in connection with the shooting.
A man has died after being shot by two police officers Tuesday night. Las Vegas police Lt. Mark Reddon said the shooting occurred at 8:47 p.m. when police responded to a call about a suspect with a knife.
Child welfare workers have no record of the “pattern of neglect” that led Nye County sheriff’s detectives to arrest a Pahrump woman whose three children were killed in a Feb. 9 fire along with a family friend.
Las Vegas wants to follow Clark County’s lead and create a new fee for news racks. An ordinance received preliminary approval Tuesday to create a $50 annual fee per rack with a $2 per rack administrative charge. The Las Vegas City Council could vote on the change March 2. There are about 2,000 news racks in the city; the fees would generate an estimated $104,000.
Democratic leaders announced a plan Tuesday to use so-called excess school bond reserves to construct and repair schools. Assembly Ways and Means Chairman Debbie Smith said the plan would free up $80 million for Washoe County schools. It would not immediately free up any money for school construction in Clark County because of declining property values, she said.
The attorney for a convicted rapist and murderer Norman “Keith” Flowers told Nevada Supreme Court justices on Tuesday his client deserves a new trial, in part because the jury heard that police and prosecutors believe he might be a serial killer.
Las Vegas and North Las Vegas officials will meet tonight to discuss consolidating some services. A draft report said “the gains are not huge,” a combined $4.2 million to $5.5 million per year.
Astronaut Doug Wheelock told Tuesday about his six months aboard the International Space Station, where he performed the longest spacewalk in history, monitored experiments involving bioengineering and a hoped-for cure for cancer and drank his own purified urine. Along the way, he posted amazing photographs to social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook.
UNLV President Neal Smatresk told the Faculty Senate on Wednesday he believes the state’s higher education system will have to declare financial exigency, a declaration similar to bankruptcy, to deal with cuts proposed in Gov. Brian Sandoval’s budget.
A judge sentenced Iraq War veteran Joseph Patrick “Pat” Lamoureux on Tuesday to up to 10 years in prison for a shooting spree that left him and a Nye County sheriff’s deputy wounded. Judge Robert Lane said a public defender’s claim that the spree was sparked by Lamoureux’s bout with post-traumatic stress disorder “lacks credibility.”
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Foreclosure sales in Las Vegas rose to 388 in January, a 35.7 percent increase from December, while 1,517 went back to the bank, up 43.2 percent, the foreclosure tracking website Discovery Bay reported Tuesday. Notices of default increased 7.2 percent in January to 3,923, down 17.1 percent from the same month a year ago.
