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Ex-cop convicted in Nevada woman’s death

A former police officer has been found guilty of two misdemeanor counts of careless driving in a New Mexico wreck that killed a 21-year-old Nevada woman.

 
Man charged in killing of 8-year-old Arizona girl

Shortly before 8-year-old Isabella Grogan-Cannella was reported missing Tuesday, she was playing hide-and-seek with the family friend now charged in her disappearance and death.

 
Grand jury indicts Las Vegas mom accused of shooting son

A Las Vegas mother charged with shooting her son in the head was indicted Friday by a Clark County grand jury. Shavon Carrillo, 31, who also goes by Shavon Aguilar, faces a charge of attempted murder and three charges of child abuse.

 
Rancher Cliven Bundy’s son released from jail

One of rancher Cliven Bundy’s sons was released from jail Thursday and ordered to undergo an intensive outpatient drug program.

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Man sentenced for Carson City road rage death

A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for what prosecutors call the road-rage death of a teenager in Carson City.

 
Judge wants Nevada juvenile centers’ restraining policies reviewed

A Las Vegas Family Court judge said Thursday that he wants to tour the Caliente Youth Center a week after ordering the removal of all Clark County’s juvenile offenders from a facility in Elko amid allegations of hogtying.

 
Nevada OKs $200,000 settlement in marshal groping case

A state panel has settled two civil rights lawsuits with a Las Vegas woman who alleged a Clark County District Court marshal groped her in August 2011.

 
Thousands honor slain Las Vegas police officer Igor Soldo

Thousands — many in uniform — gathered Thursday to bid farewell to officer Igor Soldo at Canyon Ridge Christian Church, 6200 W. Lone Mountain Road, one of two Las Vegas police officers ambushed and killed Sunday while having lunch.

 
Facebook leads police to kidnap suspect in Northern Nevada

Police used social media to track a kidnapping suspect from the San Francisco Bay Area to a hotel-casino in Northern Nevada where he was arrested on kidnapping, assault and pornography charges.

 
BLM releases Bundy cattle after protesters block southbound I-15

More than 100 head of Cliven Bundy’s confiscated cattle were released from a corral outside of Mesquite after a 20-minute standoff between angry and armed ranchers and law enforcement officers Saturday.

 
Police say men wore GPS tracking devices during killings

California police chief says two sex offenders wore GPS tracking devices during serial killings. Court records indicate the men suspected of killing four women in Southern California stayed in Las Vegas for two weeks before they were arrested.

 
Rancher’s son describes arrest in protest of federal cattle roundup

A son of embattled Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy spoke to the media Monday about his arrest the day before in the ongoing federal roundup of his father’s so-called “trespass cattle” northeast of Las Vegas.