If Manuel Mata III is convicted of first-degree murder, prosecutors are expected to ask the same panel to send him to death row.
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North Las Vegas police have identified a suspect in the fatal shooting last month of another man after an apparent botched drug deal .
Authorities say Juan Hernandez, 25, was dressed as the Joker and identified himself to police as the main character in the film, Arthur Fleck, when he was arrested on Oct. 27.
Las Vegas police believe a man’s death was a homicide after his body was found outside a vacant home Thursday afternoon in the east valley.
Antoine Gorum was fatally stabbed Nov. 5 during an argument with a man who allegedly sold someone “bad meth” that turned out to be bath salts, according to an arrest report.
The third-grader who found his mother’s gun in his backpack at Bracken Elementary School earlier this week told police that there “are a lot of weapons at his house.”
If you have information on the identity of either man, call Metro’s Northwest Area Command detectives at (702) 828-8577.
The indictment alleges the mail scheme involved sending victims prize notifications seeking a small payment of $20 or $30 in exchange for collecting a large cash prize.
Angell Cordero Fernandez of Las Vegas emerged as a suspect when investigators began looking into unexpected pizza deliveries in the week before the shooting.
Clark County prosecutors filed second-degree murder charges Wednesday against two men accused of driving under the influence in recent crashes that killed three people.
Manuel Mata III’s daughter testified Wednesday that she hid in the closet of her bedroom after hearing gunshots that left his girlfriend and her 17-year-old daughter dead.
A woman was arrested Wednesday after her child found her gun in his backpack, Clark County School District police said.
Marissa Diaz, 29, and her alleged co-conspirator, 38-year-old Randall Cooper, were taken into custody just after 1 a.m. on Oct. 25.
Douglas Haig previously pleaded not guilty to one count of manufacturing ammunition without a license in connection with the sales. A change of plea hearing is expected Tuesday.
A third defendant in the death of a 24-year-old model faced a Las Vegas judge Wednesday on murder and kidnapping charges.