Calls to domestic violence hotlines increased by 20 percent last year in Southern Nevada, but fewer residents filed reports with Las Vegas police.
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Records show that the matter initially was reported to Las Vegas police as an “assault/battery.” The officer resigned from the department nine months later.
A local news anchor was arrested last month after she was found passed out behind the wheel of her car, according to a police report released Tuesday.
Newly released 911 calls detail a mother’s plea to Las Vegas police for help in finding her missing son, Daniel Halseth, and the eventual discovery of the man’s body.
Metropolitan Police Department Detective Robert Sigal, the only detective in the department’s animal cruelty unit, investigates about 100 cases of felony animal abuse across the valley.
Historic Westside residents celebrated in neighborhood streets Tuesday and Nevada leaders applauded the decision to convict Derek Chauvin for killing George Floyd.
A public review of evidence in the fatal police shooting of Jorge Gomez, a Black Lives Matter protester, concluded Friday after several hours of testimony.
Kashif Brown, 24, was shot and killed early March 22 at a central valley convenience store during a robbery attempt, police said. He was on the way to his landscaping job.
Former state lawmaker Steven Brooks was arrested this month when police found a gun in his house after a fight among families Easter Sunday that led to gunfire, records show.
Metropolitan Police Department officer Shay Mikalonis, 30, who is paralyzed from the neck down as a result of the shooting, recently attended a police briefing with co-workers.
Henderson police are investigating after a man was shot Friday morning in the south Las Vegas Valley.
Las Vegas police are investigating the firing of gunshots on the Las Vegas Strip early Friday, but police said they did not locate anyone who was injured.
O.J. Simpson and a Las Vegas hotel-casino have settled a lawsuit alleging that unnamed employees defamed Simpson by telling a celebrity news site he had been banned from the property.
Las Vegas police are investigating a fight that led to one man being stabbed at the Cosmopolitan early Thursday.
An appellate court has sided with Steve Wynn in his defamation lawsuit against attorney Lisa Bloom and her law firm in a legal battle over a press release about allegations against the former casino mogul.
Sean Bloom has a sharp eye for success, always considering risk versus reward. Last year, the 21-year-old made headlines alongside his billionaire father, Jay Bloom, after narrowly escaping a deadly trip aboard OceanGate’s Titan Sub. They might both be dead if Jay hadn’t heeded Sean’s warning. “I’m always assessing whether potential deals or situations are […]
Residents throughout the Las Vegas Valley were reacting to the news that Donald Trump had become the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes.
Imprisoned for a Las Vegas fatal DUI, former NFL player Henry Ruggs is in a prison work program that placed him at the Governor’s Mansion.
Las Vegas’ budget has already taken a hit from one of the cases won by developer Yohan Lowie, whose stymied housing plans for a shuttered golf course led to extensive litigation.
The Board of School Trustees decided on an Illinois-based search firm to recommend candidates for the office.