An attorney for the wife of a suburban Los Angeles mayor who was fatally shot at his home said Thursday his client was a victim of domestic violence but he gave no details of how that might have played a role in the deadly incident.
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A former Las Vegas police detective has been charged with committing fraud while he investigated financial crimes. Scott Friedman was indicted by a federal grand jury last month in an investment scheme authorities say defrauded longtime cardiologist Tali Arik of $1.2 million.
North Las Vegas police can add 13 to its 262 officers with a $1.6 million federal grant.
A former California schoolteacher sentenced to death by a jury in 2010 for killing his wife in a Las Vegas hotel room had his conviction and sentence upheld Thursday by the Nevada Supreme Court.
Las Vegas police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man and a car connected to a northeast robbery.
A third Nevada inmate has died this week, the Nevada Department of Corrections reported Wednesday.