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Henderson couple indicted on child abuse charges

Katie Maynard, 21, and Robert J. Aufdenberg, 22, are accused of shaking their 8-day-old infant and delaying to seek medical attention for his injuries until at least 12 hours after he was injured.

Seniors prime targets for phone scammers pretending to be grandchildren, IRS

The phone rings and a frantic voice begins to speak on the other end of the line: “Grandma, I’m in trouble.” The caller says he needs money right away to get out jail or to help with whatever financial emergency has arisen. As a grandparent, you feel obligated to send it — sometimes through direct deposit, other times through gift cards. The problem is, that wasn’t your grandchild who called. You have just been scammed out of hundreds — sometimes even thousands — of dollars.

Metro hosts Coffee with a Cop in Sun City to tout increased Las Vegas police presence

Residents had a chance to meet, chat and enjoy coffee with police officers during Coffee with a Cop June 27 at Desert Vista Community Center in Sun City Summerlin. The reason for so much interest was a short-lived crime spree from April 7-10 that saw the retirement community of roughly 8,000 homes hit with two attempted robberies of residents at gunpoint, two break-ins at the Sun City computer lab and three home break-ins.