Add another name to the long list of people accused of trying to kill Robert Bessey. Courtney Smith, 20, was arrested by Las Vegas police Thursday on charges that she attempted to poison Bessey in June.
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Clark County commissioners have decided to abolish Constable John Bonaventura’s office when his term ends in 2015, but he could get booted 18 months sooner if a state senator has his way.
A 31-year-old woman accused in the January slaying of a Las Vegas man, whose burning body was dumped in northwest Arizona, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center last week, jail records show.
A ruling in the divorce case of poker star Phil Ivey will stand despite allegations by his ex-wife that the cards were stacked against her in the Nevada judicial system.
A 36-year-old woman went to work and church after repeatedly locking her 4-year-old daughter in an apartment bedroom without food or water, according to a North Las Vegas police report obtained Monday.
A stripper told police she had taken an anxiety pill and drank beer shortly before a deadly Saturday car crash.
The former CEO of the short-lived Nevada Cancer Institute is scheduled to appear in federal court in Las Vegas on Monday on allegations that he planned to have sex with a 13-year-old girl inside at a Henderson hotel-casino in January.
A 36-year-old woman arrested Tuesday night is accused of repeatedly locking her 4-year-old daughter in a bedroom and depriving her of food, water and a bathroom, North Las Vegas police said Wednesday.
A 30-year-old Boulder City man accused of trying to kidnap a 6-year-old girl from a park Monday was arrested Tuesday, Henderson police said.
A class of 14 firefighter recruits won’t be allowed to graduate after suspicions of cheating on a written test surfaced last month, a Las Vegas city official said Tuesday.
A 46-year-old man whose body was discovered in a southwest valley apartment was fatally stabbed, Las Vegas police said Tuesday.
A 17-year-old female pedestrian died after being struck in a hit-and-run accident in the east valley early Sunday morning, according to Las Vegas police.
The lenders who assumed the inside track to buy 480 acres of federal land once targeted for an arena in Henderson cleared their first hurdle Friday when they paid the city $250,000 for the legal fees associated with its land fraud lawsuit against developer Chris Milam.
Visitors at Lake Mead National Recreation Area have been advised to secure their valuables before hiking.
A Henderson officer suspended after he drove a damaged SWAT vehicle until it burst into flames told investigators he had struck a median on his drive home.