A man who “feared for his life” shot and killed a would-be robber who tried to take his cell phone and wallet at gunpoint early Saturday, Henderson police said.
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Project REAL’s former executive director now faces theft charges amid allegations that he diverted money from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Foundation, which he also oversaw.
Florence McClure Women’s Correctional Center’s new HVAC program is the first of its kind, providing inmates vocational training that has usually been offered in men’s prisons.
The judge overseeing the case still has to rule on the admissibility of some evidence after a hearing.
Robert Telles, who was found guilty of killing RJ reporter Jeff German, has filed a motion for an evidentiary hearing to clarify several statements jurors made to the press after his trial.
She was found dead around 7:45 p.m. in the 7400 block of West Charleston Boulevard.
The aunt and mother of two toddlers sat slumped with heads down inside a van that crashed last week in North Las Vegas, killing both girls.
Taeylr and Rose Wilmer were killed in a single vehicle crash in North Las Vegas last Sunday.
Usbaldo Zarate, 27, faces charges of open murder and attempted murder in connection to a fatal shooting in 4800 block of Ballantine Drive on Nov. 26
Mark Ellsworth, 19, pointed a rifle at officers leading them to fire at him in the 700 block of Vista Sereno Court on Oct. 11, according to the Henderson Police Department.
The shooting occurred around 7:55 p.m. in the 3800 block of Royal Crest Street, near East Twain Avenue and South University Center Drive.
The third homicide of the day occurred in the 4800 block of Ballantine Drive around 8:50 p.m. Saturday.
The death was being investigated by Las Vegas police near East Tropicana Avenue and Tamarus Street.
It occurred around 3:25 p.m. Saturday in the 1100 block of Hassell Avenue, near North Martin Luther King Boulevard and West Lake Mead Boulevard.
Henderson Police Officers’ Association President Gary Hargis, 47, allegedly fled the scene of an Oct. 13 crash after striking a motorcyclist.
The arrival of fall brings with it all the things we love—cooler temperatures, football and pumpkin spice everything. But fall also ushers in a new season of water savings for Southern Nevada. From Sept. 1 to Oct. 31, our community’s mandatory fall seasonal watering restrictions are in effect; not only does this make it the […]
Two inmates at High Desert State Prison were hospitalized after a stabbing incident at the facility, a Nevada Department of Corrections spokesperson said.
One suspect is believed to have been involved in more than 20 burglaries targeting businesses and restaurants across the Las Vegas Valley, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Police said Patricia Sierra broke into a funeral home and removed the body of a woman for whom a viewing was held the day before the burglary.
Jesus Ayala is accused of using a stolen vehicle to strike Andreas Probst, 66, as he rode his bicycle near Centennial Parkway last year.