During a news conference, the FBI along with Metro announced a new campaign to target violent crime in southern Nevada neighborhoods.
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A current NBA coach and player were among the more than 30 players arrested in a case involving sports betting and rigged poker games in Las Vegas and elsewhere, authorities say.
U.S. District Judge Richard Boulware said the two sides in the case seemed to have honed in on the weapon pointing issue.
Tracy Walker, 30, was pulled over at about 2 a.m. in the area of Tropicana Avenue and Decatur Boulevard, and was booked into the Clark County Detention Center after failing a set of field sobriety tests, police said.
The inmate was pronounced dead on Oct. 16, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.
“Repeat Offender,” written and directed by retired Metro Sgt. Jason Harney, follows Detective Bradley Nickell’s 2015 true-crime book of the same name.
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A current NBA coach and player were among the more than 30 players arrested in a case involving sports betting and rigged poker games in Las Vegas and elsewhere, authorities say.
A North Las Vegas man has been arrested in connection with a string of shootings in recent weeks, including the shooting of a police building, according to the NLVPD.
North Las Vegas police said a woman killed her longtime partner after a physical fight she said was sparked by his back pain, according to an arrest report.
Some family and supporters of the victim expressed displeasure with the sentence the defendant received.
