Mortensen, now 59, has spent decades behind bars, and could face a retrial or an appeals process after a judge vacated his conviction.
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Prosecutors told a judge that they do not want to move forward with a trial this month for Robert Telles, who is accused of killing R-J reporter Jeff German.
When he was sentenced in a 2017 murder, the killer was ordered to pay $21,679 in restitution. But the victim’s family has yet to receive any restitution.
A man was caught with multiple weapons inside a Mandalay Bay hotel room nearly three years before the Oct. 1 mass shooting on the Strip, a case that could have implications for civil litigation against the hotel.
Attorneys representing Scott Dozier have pushed to ensure that his lethal injection is carried out humanely, but after more than an hour of argument on Monday, they told a judge in Las Vegas that they were not asking her to postpone the execution.
A Las Vegas woman was found guilty of first-degree murder but mentally ill Thursday for fatally stabbing her 6-year-old daughter with a pair of scissors.
A Las Vegas man was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison in connection with the death of a man during a 2013 drug deal, officials said.
Two men were sentenced to prison Thursday for the 2014 killing of a 22-year-old woman.
Talking to police moments after learning his 15-year-old daughter Alexus was fatally shot, William Postorino didn’t want to believe that a man he had considered a friend for more than 30 years could be the killer.
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The encounter, which has gone viral on social media, resulted in a complaint to the FBI and an internal affairs investigation.
Weeks of 215 Beltway lane and ramp closures to hamper traffic near Harry Reid International Airport.
Police are investigating after a dog was found dead in a crate near a dumpster Friday morning in the east Las Vegas Valley.
The storefront is at the base of condo tower and has been vacant for years.
