A shooting in the central valley Monday night left one man dead and Las Vegas police seeking the gunman. Officers responded to calls of gunfire near 1500 Harris Avenue, near Washington Avenue and Bruce Street, just before 7:30 p.m., Lt. Dave Valenta said.
A prosecutor and a defense lawyer gave the same advice to jurors Monday: Trust in Kevin Cooney.
Approximately 40 protesters have gathered outside Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department headquarters asking for Sheriff Doug Gillespie to intervene and “protect the people” involved in the Cliven Bundy cattle dispute.
More than 100 head of Cliven Bundy’s confiscated cattle were released from a corral outside of Mesquite after a 20-minute standoff between angry and armed ranchers and law enforcement officers Saturday.
The Bureau of Land Management said Thursday that two bulls were euthanized during the agency’s weeklong roundup of cattle that ended Saturday with an armed standoff between supporters of rancher Cliven Bundy and federal agents.
Henderson Police Department is launching a three-week enforcement campaign Wednesday targeting drivers and pedestrians not obeying crosswalk laws.
Lawyer Robert Draskovich was allowed Monday to continue defending suspended Family Court Judge Steven Jones in his federal fraud case despite questions by prosecutors that the lawyer might have a conflict of interest.
A federal jury on Monday found that a former Las Vegas police officer did not assault National Guard Sgt. Mark England during a 2007 altercation at McCarran International Airport.
An “Ice Road Truckers” reality-television star was charged with kidnapping and extorting a Las Vegas prostitute, court documents released Monday showed. Timothy Zickuhr, 40, was arrested in December, but charges weren’t publicized until Monday.
A 23-year-old woman was arrested Sunday morning after Las Vegas police said she crashed a car into two people and left the area. Concepcion Castaneda was booked on drunken driving and leaving the scene of an accident charges, according to a police report.
Las Vegas police are investigating the possible suicide of a woman found outside a Dotty’s casino in the southwest valley. Metro said officers found the woman’s body about 11:45 a.m. in a parking lot at Jones Boulevard near Windmill Lane.
Bail was reduced from $650,000 to $150,000 on Monday for 45-year-old former kindergarten teacher Melvyn Sprowson, who is facing kidnapping and child pornography charges after a weeks-long affair with a 16-year-old girl.
The man killed in a double stabbing last week in northeast Las Vegas has been identified.
The 61-year-old man who died in a shooting over the weekend has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
