Las Vegas police have released body camera footage after former Metropolitan Police Department officer Richard Scavone pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in an excessive force case Thursday.
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Las Vegas police say they are concerned that a prisoner was left unattended with access to a stun gun before an officer fatally shot him Monday inside a hospital room.
Every year, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department holds a ceremony to remember the victims whose lives were cut short by domestic violence.
District Judge William Kephart sentenced Teag Fox, who shot a Metropolitan Police Department officer in the chest in 2015, to 11 to 40 years in prison.
A woman arrested after a hit-and-run crash Monday outside the Regional Justice Center in downtown Las Vegas also was booked on weapons charges.
A witness in a murder case was struck by a vehicle Monday afternoon outside the Regional Justice Center. Police announced around 5 p.m. they had taken a woman into custody in connection with the incident.
Las Vegas defense attorney Alexis Plunkett broke down in tears early Thursday, just seconds after District Judge Michael Villani dismissed the 14-count indictment against her.
Esther Rodriguez Brown saw panic in the young woman’s eyes. After about 10 years of serving victims of sex trafficking, it is a look she knows well.
Twenty-four people were indicted last week on racketeering, fraud and battery charges in a massive scheme to stage east valley car crashes, then file fraudulent insurance claims.
The bullet hid for three-and-a-half years before anybody noticed it was there. The .38-caliber round sat inside a plastic table, next to the chair where police found a former actor with a gunshot wound to the head.
Longtime estate attorney Robert Graham pleaded guilty in District Court Thursday to stealing millions of dollars from clients, many of whom relied financially on trust funds he oversaw.
A murder suspect struck her pregnant defense attorney in court on Thursday.
Las Vegas is largely defined by its ability to defy expectations, and recent forecasts predicting a decline in its appeal to younger travelers are no exception. Contrary to these gloomy predictions, which suggest that an aging core visitor base might render the city’s 150,000 hotel rooms less appealing to new generations, the reality is strikingly […]
Speakers at a Board of Regents meeting expressed disappointment in a lack of response from the board and UNLV leadership on a recent commencement speech.
A weak trough passing north of Las Vegas will bring some gusty winds as the only blemish on a Memorial Day weekend forecast, says the National Weather Service.
Nicholas Bott, 44, had been facing a felony charge of child abuse and a gross misdemeanor count of contact with a minor.
Safety while boating at Lake Mead National Recreation Area has long been an issue, leading to several deaths almost every year since 2000.