A man sent to death row nearly eight years ago for the shooting death of a 15-year-old girl inside her Las Vegas home has died.
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A couple has been officially charged with several counts felony animal cruelty after police found dozens of dead animals in the couple’s home and at a hotel room.
A man suspected of driving impaired in a head-on crash that left two people dead on Interstate 11 near Boulder City on Saturday afternoon has been identified by Nevada Highway Patrol.
Ippei Mizuhara, former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, pleaded guilty to bank and tax fraud in federal court.
Giovanni Ruiz had faced the death penalty and was set to go to trial later this month in the 2019 killing of 19-year-old Paula Davis.
The Metropolitan Police Department said the men tried to meet undercover detectives posing as juveniles online.
A bullet pierced Metropolitan Police Department officer Truong Thai’s bulletproof vest, killing him. A heavier vest exists that could have saved Thai’s life, but it’s up to officers to choose whether to wear it.
Nationwide, homicides increased 50 percent in a three-year period, and aggravated assaults increased 36 percent, according to the study.
The unsure shuttle bus manager called police that night after an employee sold a bus ticket to Porfirio Duarte-Herrera, an escaped murderer attempting to flee the country.
Las Vegas police released body camera footage Thursday evening from the scene where Review-Journal reporter Jeff German was killed.
Audio released by the Metropolitan Police Department Wednesday captured the tragic moments eight people were stabbed on Las Vegas Boulevard.
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.
Metro officers are working with the U.S. Marshals Service in the search for Porfirio Duarte-Herrera, who escaped from the Southern Desert Correctional Center in Indian Springs.
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said police have had success in reducing violent crime in the valley but that the rise in property crime is an ongoing challenge.
“There’s one really really down. He’s not getting back up,” one person told Henderson police on May 29.
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.” […]
Giovanni Ruiz had faced the death penalty and was set to go to trial later this month in the 2019 killing of 19-year-old Paula Davis.
A Las Vegas homeowner filed a new appeal of a $180,000 fine for allegedly renting his home through Airbnb, citing violations of his constitutional rights.
Two victims killed after a wrong-way driver struck their vehicle near Boulder City were identified as Arizona residents.
A man was found dead inside a vehicle with an apparent gunshot wound, according to a Metropolitan Police Department news release.