A motorist accused of killing a pedestrian in central Las Vegas fled the scene and intentionally charred and ditched his car in a deserted area, according to police.
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Imprisoned for a fatal Las Vegas fatal DUI, former NFL player Henry Ruggs has been transferred to Northern Nevada, where he’s in a prison work program that placed him at the Governor’s Mansion.
A Las Vegas judge sentenced a 24-year-old woman to between 10 and 25 years in prison Thursday for killing her 3-month-old son.
Senior U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks died after he was hit by a vehicle near the district courthouse in downtown Reno, the Reno Police Department said. He was 80.
Las Vegas police arrested three suspects they allege kidnapped a child at gunpoint and held him against his will while they demanded a ransom from his parents.
Jesus Ayala’s public defender had filed a petition seeking the dismissal of an indictment charging Ayala with murder in the death of 66-year-old Andreas Probst.
Metropolitan Police Department Assistant Sheriff Sasha Larkin said officers showed “great humanity and restraint” during the fatal shooting in the southeast valley at a Tuesday news conference.
Four teens arrested in connection with the fatal beating of a Rancho High student have been formally charged with second-degree murder. Also, about 100 people remembered the teen during a vigil.
Four clips from recent interviews given by Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis were provided to grand jurors who indicted the reputed gangster in Tupac Shakur’s killing.
The 17-year-old accused of ramming a car into retired California police chief Andreas Probst is facing a murder charge in connection with the death.
The crash occurred around 7:55 p.m. on Las Vegas Boulevard North, near Cheyenne Avenue.
Sean Harrison, 38, has been charged with open murder in connection with the shooting in the southeast Las Vegas Valley.
Marillorky Tamayo Cruz had won custody of her two daughters the day police said she was shot by her estranged husband.
Spencer McDonald, 30, confessed to the slayings of Dina Vail, Andrew Graden and Christopher Brassard but did not provide a specific reason for killing them, an arrest report says.
Prosecutors have dropped charges against a man who spent decades in prison after he was convicted of acting as a getaway driver in a bank robbery that ended in a FBI agent’s death.
Las Vegas is a special kind of resort city. On the inside, you get The Strip (and now, the Sphere); on the outside, you get the vast Mojave Desert with its nostalgic attractions. In the past, people visiting Las Vegas would do so with the phrase in mind: “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” […]
Senior U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks died after he was hit by a vehicle near the district courthouse in downtown Reno, the Reno Police Department said. He was 80.
Las Vegas police arrested three suspects they allege kidnapped a child at gunpoint and held him against his will while they demanded a ransom from his parents.
A Las Vegas woman faces a murder charge after police allege she intentionally struck her boyfriend with her car, according to court records.
The student’s lawyers claim he was threatened, discriminated against at UNLV, amid taunts from pro-Palestinian protesters and inaction by the administration and Board of Regents.