Las Vegas police are asking for help identifying two men they said committed a robbery Sunday morning. At approximately 10:25 a.m., the suspects robbed a business in the area of Rainbow and Cheyenne.
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A former Palms race and sports book supervisor was sentenced to 366 days in federal prison Monday in a betting scheme that authorities say cost the resort $800,000.
Police are investigating reports of sexual assaults against several women, including some prostitutes, after linking several cases in which they described a similar attacker.
Two Las Vegas police supervisors who pushed for transparency from the department’s troubled air unit are now asking the Nevada attorney general to investigate whether Metro brass covered up problems in the wake of an officer’s death.
The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld a $1 million jury verdict against a security firm on behalf of a man who was attacked in a Las Vegas Walmart parking lot in 2004 and who later died.
The North Las Vegas police officer involved in a deadly shooting last week has been identified. Officer Robert Makinster shot and killed shot and killed Kenneth Alan Johnson, 34, after he pulled out a replica gun while being chased, according to the department. Police tried to stop Johnson, who was riding a moped, but he didn’t pull over.
Las Vegas police are seeking a man who may have been involved in last week’s Fashion Show mall shooting.
Police were investigating whether three teenagers suspected of beating two homeless men to death with cinderblocks, bricks and a metal fence pole were responsible for dozens of other attacks on transients in recent months.
A Henderson man who pleaded guilty to pointing a powerful laser at Las Vegas police helicopters earlier this year was ordered released Monday from federal custody.
A Las Vegas man was sentenced to three years probation Monday for his role in a lucrative illegal bookmaking operation.
The man who was shot and killed by North Las Vegas police after a chase on Friday morning has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
The woman who was found dead Saturday morning near an elementary school on Fairchild Street has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.