The request is based, in part, on a suggestion that Attorney General Aaron Ford’s office “would not adequately represent” the department’s interests.
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An arrest report details a weekend police chase involving a man accused of stealing a U-Haul box truck and slamming it into a police vehicle.
A federal judge sentenced former Nye County Sheriff’s Office Capt. David Boruchowitz to probation for falsely arresting a Valley Electric Association CEO.
A 22-year-old man who was fatally shot last week in the southwest Las Vegas Valley was identified on Monday.
Police investigated a shooting that left one person dead and another injured in southeast Las Vegas.
On Friday night, the Nevada Highway Patrol tweeted that a driver had been arrested on “suspicion of DUI” after driving on a pedestrian bridge on the Las Vegas Strip.
A bicyclist died Saturday night after being hit by a car in Las Vegas. The car’s driver was later arrested on suspicion of DUI.
Las Vegas police detectives in Laughlin have arrested two men suspected of a strong-arm robbery earlier this month.
Las Vegas police are investigating a September robbery that happened at a business in the western Las Vegas Valley.
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A man died after he was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in a parking lot of an apartment complex, according to police.
Ricky Lee Trader was arrested last year in Reno after being released from prison, where he had served time for another murder.
The pursuit ended after a man was taken into custody near Eastern Avenue and Charleston Boulevard on Saturday night, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
The encounter, which has gone viral on social media, resulted in a complaint to the FBI and an internal affairs investigation.
