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 Las Vegas 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.
“It’s a very good day for the state, but more importantly, it’s a very good day for all the survivors who’ve been waiting up to this point to have their rape kits tested,” said Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford.
The Nevada Highway Patrol is seeking witnesses to a Saturday hit-and-run crash on Spring Mountain Road that seriously injured a woman.
A box truck driver authorities said was high on methamphetamine when he plowed into a group of bicyclists, killing five, is due in court Wednesday.
A hearing for Jordan Barson, accused of driving while high on methamphetamine when he plowed a box truck into a group of bicyclists, killing five, was postponed Thursday.
Las Vegas police on Wednesday urged any additional victims of four sexual assault suspects, described as “violent predators,” to come forward.
A man fired 19 shots at uniformed officers from a 9mm handgun, police said Tuesday, describing how one officer exchanged gunfire with the suspect in the central valley.
The driver of a box truck that plowed into a group of nearly 20 bicyclists on Thursday, killing five, has been charged with DUI, court records show.
The shooting happened about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday on the 1400 block of North 23rd Street, near Owens and Eastern avenues.
Las Vegas police on Thursday released body camera footage and identified two officers who shot and killed a suspected burglar in an upscale southwest valley neighborhood early Tuesday morning.
Las Vegas police are asking for help locating the mother of a day-old baby girl found abandoned in a trash bag on Sunday at a northwest valley apartment complex.
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.
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.
A man has been arrested in connection to a homicide in the east valley last month.