A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit in which a former Las Vegas police officer alleged ongoing racism inside the Metropolitan Police Department.
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A new diversion program allows homeless people to accept services and housing instead of being fined or jailed for committing minor crimes.
District Court has suspended jury trials until at least Jan. 11 and halted all in-person criminal and civil hearings, according to an order announced Tuesday.
A Las Vegas man was charged Friday with stealing a pair of mail-in ballots, along with an unemployment benefits debit card and dozens of other debit and credit cards.
District Judge Richard Scotti received a $1,500 campaign donation from the defendants’ attorney before dismissing two DUI convictions.
Ebone Whitaker, the driver of the SUV that fatally struck two 16-year-old Las Vegas girls in a crosswalk, will serve between 10 to 25 years in prison.
Laura Prescia, 23, pleaded guilty in September to DUI resulting in death and child abuse, neglect or endangerment.
A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty Thursday to robbing two U.S. Postal Service mail carriers, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office.
A lawsuit stemming from the criminal case claims a “frat boy” culture among Topgolf Las Vegas executives helped protect a sexual predator.
In a minute order Wednesday, District Judge Jim Crockett said that Nevada Policy Research Institute “clearly lacks standing” to bring the challenges against the lawmakers.
A Las Vegas woman charged with killing her two young daughters is expected to undergo a mental health evaluation.
Attorneys for Las Vegas businessman and gambler Billy Walters are petitioning the U.S. attorney general and the FBI to take action over what they say was leaked confidential information by an agent in Walters’ insider trading case.
The Nevada Supreme Court on Monday denied a request from a felon who challenged his decadeslong prison sentence, alleging that a judge had a personal bias against him.
When newly elected judges take the oath of office next year, 24 out of the 32 departments will be run by women.
A man who admitted to planning violent attacks against the Anti-Defamation League, a Las Vegas synagogue and a Fremont Street bar was ordered to federal prison on Friday.