A 7-year-old boy suffered a “significant injury” to his leg after a pitbull bit him Friday night, causing a neighbor to fatally shoot the dog to protect the child, according to Las Vegas police.
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The castle where defense lawyers Oscar Goodman and Harry Claiborne were kings, which saw a string of mobsters pass through and was the site of the infamous Ted Binion murder trial, is half torn down.
Las Vegas police asked the public for help Thursday in finding a man involved in two bank robberies in January.
Two former Las Vegas constable officers have settled their lawsuit against Constable John Bonaventura and Clark County for $415,000, settlement records show.
Five homicides involving domestic violence have happened in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson so far this year. In 2012, 25 of the 84 homicides within Las Vegas police’s jurisdiction were related to a domestic dispute.
Tuesday could be a big day for Sheriff Doug Gillespie, the day he finds out if a More Cops sales tax increase will be approved by the Clark County Commission.
A former Henderson loan officer was sentenced Friday to 6½ years in prison in a $1 million investment scheme involving the foreign currency exchange market. Kamalu Gonzales, 47, must also serve five years of supervised release after prison and pay more than $830,000 in restitution.
A former Las Vegas gun store owner was sentenced to three years probation Thursday for buying stolen military items worth thousands of dollars.
Las Vegas lawyer Richard Boulware will be nominated by President Barack Obama to become a federal judge in Nevada, Sen. Harry Reid confirmed this morning.
Las Vegas police are looking for a man who robbed a woman on Jan. 5 near Bermuda Road and Erie Avenue.
A female Spring Valley High School teacher has been suspended while police investigate whether she had an inappropriate relationship with a male student.
Richard Magdayo Dahan told police he ended his wife’s life because she wanted to end their marriage.
An armed kidnapping began in the Las Vegas Valley late Saturday night and ended in Pahrump Sunday morning with the suspect dead.
Las Vegas police are looking for assistance identifying individuals involved in a strip club shooting on Dec. 14.
A Las Vegas woman can sue the North Las Vegas Police Department and six officers over the killing of her 70-pound pit bull and 140-pound mastiff dogs, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided.
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Nicholas Bott, 44, had been facing a felony charge of child abuse and a gross misdemeanor count of contact with a minor.
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