Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee authorizes use of the funding to continue the effort to test some 7,800 untested kits — some decade old — collected after sexual assaults.
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Las Vegas police are seeking the public’s help to identify a man suspected of violently attacking a woman Oct. 17.
A campus monitor at a Las Vegas high school admitted in a police interview that he had sex with one of the school’s students, according to an arrest report obtained Monday by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
A man has been ordered to serve 50 years to life in Nevada prison for repeatedly raping a young girl.
As Henderson police tried to arrest Martin Gillen at his home in August on a charge of lewdness with a child, the registered sex offender stabbed himself in the throat, saying he did not want to return to prison, according to prosecutors.
An amended lawsuit has been filed challenging a 2007 Nevada law governing registration and community notification of sex offenders and seeking to block its implementation next month.
Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday delivered an impassioned address at UNLV to raise awareness about sexual assault on college campuses, decrying a culture that subjects victims to being “raped by the system.”
Jillian Lafave, a former Valley High School teacher arrested in January on suspicion of sexual misconduct with a student, never received a license to teach in Nevada.
The trial of Jason Lofthouse, a former Rancho High School teacher accused of having sex with a student, will rest largely on whether jurors believe he kidnapped the 17-year-old girl when they visited area hotels twice during school hours.
Jan Rouven’s defense lawyer filed court papers late Monday seeking to overturn an order keeping the former Tropicana illusionist in federal custody while he fights a felony child porn charge.
A 49-year-old woman who prosecutors say participated in videotaped sex acts with children was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison Thursday.
In a highly unusual move, at the request of prosecutors, a judge on Thursday tossed out the guilty plea of a man who a month ago admitted to the rape and murder of a 15-year-old Arbor View High School freshman.
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Colin Czech is accused of killing a man outside a downtown convenience store and eating parts of the victim’s face, police said.
The Las Vegas Strip casino introduced a new tier in its loyalty program, and visitors will need to reach at least that tier to receive unlimited free parking.
Harry Reid International Airport said its parking was in “high demand” this weekend, and expected Terminal 1 long term and economy parking to be at capacity.
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