The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a homicide Monday in the east Las Vegas Valley.
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Diaja Smith and Jacoby Robinson are being held in custody without bail in connection with the death of a 2-year-old whose body was found in a dumpster last week.
Las Vegas police investigated a fatal crash and a killing at a house party, and two officers shot a person they said tried to stab someone.
The wounded man died outside a residence where a party took place in northwest Las Vegas near West Oakey Boulevard.
Las Vegas investor and purported billionaire Jay Bloom is accused of taking money from investors to fund a cryptocurrency mining scheme in Arizona that he knew was not viable, according to a recent lawsuit.
The Metropolitan Police Department has paid outside counsel more than $75,000 to represent it in a case over investigative reporter Jeff German’s devices.
Thuan Luu added the Review-Journal to an ongoing defamation case he filed against a therapist and his estranged wife.
The Nevada Association of Public Safety Officers claims showing officers’ pictures violated state law, but the lawsuit raises concerns about violations of press freedom.
A former patient of Dr. George Chambers, the subject of a separate state medical board inquiry, has accused him of sexual assault and battery.
A federal grand jury indictment charged Dr. David James Smith with conspiring to manufacture and distribute controlled substances and healthcare fraud.
Robert Telles, charged with Jeff German’s murder, has two public defenders despite court rules saying only the indigent can get free counsel. He reported 6 properties and an income of $20k a month.
In life, Jeff German fought to protect sources. After his slaying, law enforcement and defense attorneys are fighting to obtain his devices, putting those protections at risk.
Rita Reid, a deputy in the Public Administrator’s Office, said in hindsight, a text from Robert Telles was a subtle threat. “It could have been us, it could have been me. There was a lot of anger.”
A Review-Journal investigation showed over 200,000 tickets were pleaded down to parking violations between 2017 and 2021, a policy that concerns state safety officials.
The Clark County official accused of murdering investigative reporter Jeff German was arrested at his home after a fight with his wife, who hid in a room and called police.
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A woman was being held hostage at knife-point by a man when two Metropolitan Police Department officers fired their weapons late Saturday night.
Former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, who is accused of killing Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, appeared in court again.
A 15-year-old was fatally shot in the northeast valley during what Las Vegas police described as a “drug transaction.”
The discovery was made about 9:40 p.m. in a neighborhood near Wetlands Park, police said.