Justice of the Peace Cynthia Cruz’s resignation was effective late Thursday afternoon, said Tom Letizia, who manages her re-election campaign.
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Police previously said Devyn Michaels killed Johnathan Willette last August after he tried to force her to perform a sex act on him.
The Metropolitan Police Department said it is investigating an officer-involved shooting Friday morning.
Local police departments are citing a new 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling to deny access to mugshots of people arrested and accused of committing crimes.
Police have accused Thomas Kovach of funneling almost $350,000 from the foundation to another charity, then paying himself $182,000.
The opinion from the Nevada Supreme Court stems from a lawsuit filed by a woman who claimed she was subject to a “demeaning and humiliating” strip search while visiting a Nevada prison.
Elko residents Jonathan Pavon, 28, and Daniel Plata, 28, pleaded guilty to conspiring to paint graffiti over multiple locations at the site.
Matthew Carter was found guilty in September of three felony counts of aggravated talking and one count of misdemeanor harassment.
Nye County Commissioner Leo Blundo has been charged with felony domestic battery following allegations that he choked his wife at their Pahrump home in March..
Motorcycle groups in Nevada had a long history of violent clashes before last month’s shooting on a Henderson highway.
The 230 pounds of the cocaine that were found Friday were wrapped in bags and boxes found on top of a load of tomatoes, the Metropolitan Police Department wrote in an arrest report released Tuesday.
A Salvadoran immigrant has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for the murders of two of the four northern Nevadans he admitted killing as part of a plea deal that spared him from a death penalty trial.
Nevada System of Higher Education regents voted 9-3 on Thursday to conclude an investigation into Chancellor Melody Rose’s sex-based hostile work environment complaint and restore two board officers.
Mesquite’s chief of police filed a defamation lawsuit against a former reporter, but the two have reached an undisclosed settlement.
A federal judge is considering temporarily suspending the capture of wild horses in Nevada where their advocates say the BLM is “needlessly and recklessly” killing free-roaming mustangs.
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Two inmates at High Desert State Prison were hospitalized after a stabbing incident at the facility, a Nevada Department of Corrections spokesperson said.
One suspect is believed to have been involved in more than 20 burglaries targeting businesses and restaurants across the Las Vegas Valley, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Police said Patricia Sierra broke into a funeral home and removed the body of a woman for whom a viewing was held the day before the burglary.
Jesus Ayala is accused of using a stolen vehicle to strike Andreas Probst, 66, as he rode his bicycle near Centennial Parkway last year.
