TayShaun Todd of Las Vegas was found dead in a residential pool on June 18, a day after an illegal party took place there.
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One of the people accused of causing a Las Vegas bulldog’s death needs bail because his mother is sick and needs his help, according to his attorney.
Duane Davis’ attorney said a juror spoke to other jurors about inmates fighting, but jurors denied talking about the case.
The crash happened when a white Ford F-250 pickup was traveling south in the northbound right lane of Interstate 15 near mile maker 53, according to troopers.
A former attorney for the convicted murderer said he would have asked for a mistrial had he known of the note when it was sent to the judge.
A Las Vegas firefighter charged with hiring a homeless man for $600 to kill his estranged wife told a district judge he was not guilty Thursday. A few hours later the hired killer, Noel “Greyhound” Stevens, told Judge Jerry Tao he was guilty of beating to death Shauna Tiaffay with a hammer in September and George Tiaffay hired him to do it.
A man who chased a stranger on a street with an axe before barricading himself in an apartment Thursday morning has been arrested, according to Las Vegas police.
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Ronald Mortensen, who has been incarcerated for nearly 30 years, serving a life without parole sentence for the 1996 off-duty, drive-by shooting of Daniel Mendoza, 21, admitted to two felony counts.
The case has been marked by an unusual degree of secrecy: a hearing at which a judge ejected the public and a sealed plea.
A 10-year-old boy killed late Saturday night in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 15 north of Las Vegas was identified on Monday by the Clark County coroner’s office.
Trooper Shawn Haggstrom said the crash happened just before 12 a.m. after an SUV traveled the wrong way up the 215 off-ramp at West Sunset Road in Las Vegas.
