A lawsuit claims that the Metropolitan Police Department and its union have “maliciously conspired” to intimidate rank-and-file officers who join a “rival” police union.
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An attorney for the owners of a now-shuttered boarding school at the center of a child abuse case said they are close to reaching a plea deal with Nye County prosecutors.
Shawn McDonnell and Kayleigh Lewis will join McDonnell’s brother, Christopher, in Clark County after the suspects were separated following their capture in rural Arizona.
A lawsuit stemming from the criminal case claims a “frat boy” culture among Topgolf Las Vegas executives helped protect a sexual predator.
An Ely judge has ruled that there is enough evidence for John Dabritz to stand trial in the March shooting death of Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. Ben Jenkins.
Marcel and Patricia Chappuis, the married owners of the Nye County boarding school for at-risk youth, each face 45 counts of child abuse or neglect.
Michael Russell’s pardon, which restores all of his civil rights, was a rare move by the Nevada Board of Pardons, considering the circumstances around the man’s case.
Criminal proceedings in the murder case have been on hold since April, when the suspect was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation and treatment.
The 20-year-old man accused of shooting and critically wounding Las Vegas police officer Shay Mikalonis will stand trial, a judge ruled Thursday.
At the conclusion of the preliminary hearing, a judge will decide whether there is enough evidence for the manslaughter case to go to trial.
A preliminary hearing began Tuesday afternoon in the involuntary manslaughter case against the landlord and property manager of the Alpine Motel Apartments.
A Las Vegas man charged last week in a sweeping federal indictment against members and associates of the MS-13 gang will be released pending trial, a judge ruled Friday.
“There’s no question he hasn’t had any treatment or medication since a week before he was arrested,” defense attorney Kirsty Pickering said.
John Dabritz, 66, faces the possibility of a death sentence if convicted in the killing of Sgt. Ben Jenkins, who was shot multiple times March 27.
A motive in the March 27 shooting of a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper was revealed for the first time in public court documents obtained Thursday by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.