District Judge Erika Ballou has faced complaints regarding two social media posts, as well as statements she made during a sentencing hearing.
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A 23-year-old man has been identified as the victim of a fatal shooting earlier this week in the east valley.
A 15-year-old boy fatally wounded in northeast Las Vegas during what police classified as a “drug transaction” earlier this month was identified Thursday.
A fatal shooting at a Walmart parking lot is being investigated as a possible case of self-defense, according to the Henderson Police Department.
The Clark County coroner’s office identified a teenager shot and killed early Sunday at a west valley house party.
A change in the court calendar approved by the Clark County Commission takes effect in January.
Yoni Barrios, 32, was arrested Thursday and appeared briefly in court Friday afternoon wearing orange hand restraints. He faces six counts of attempted murder and two counts of murder.
A man accused of triggering false reports of an active shooter throughout the tourist corridor had been upset for being kicked out of a Strip property, police alleged in his arrest report.
Two Las Vegas couples allege that they were victims of police brutality while bystanders of a Strip protest against excessive force, according to a pair of lawsuit recently filed against the Metropolitan Police Department.
A professional gambler will be jailed without bail for posting tweets about an altercation he had with another high roller at Resorts World, a judge has ruled.
Caleb Rogers, 33, has been charged locally and federally in connection to three armed robberies of local casinos.
Attorneys for Alvin Kamara and three others told a judge they were waiting on prosecutors to provide them with surveillance footage of a Feb. 5 brawl at The Cromwell.
A Las Vegas judge once again sentenced a 46-year-old man to life in prison for a 2007 fatal bombing atop the Luxor parking garage.
Two men facing murder charges appeared in court Tuesday following their arrests in connection with shootings that left a 50-year-old man and a 66-year-old woman dead.
Las Vegas is a special kind of resort city. In the city, you get The Strip (along with 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.” […]
The bodies were discovered June 5 in the 4900 block of South Droubay Drive, near Tropicana Avenue.
Henderson police and fire crews responded to reports of a shooting at about 1:30 p.m. in the 500 block of Marks Street.
The families of Sgt. Michael Abbate and trooper Alberto Felix shared their anguish in court while asking the judge to give Jemarcus Williams the maximum sentence.
Dennis and Ashley Prince had a young baby together before they were killed in early April, and the child is now the center of another guardianship dispute.