Ernesto Ramos, the Las Vegas man who admitted using sex tapes to extort $200,000 from a wealthy businessman, was sentenced to prison Thursday amid revelations the businessman offered him money to keep his identity secret.
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Three children were shot dead by their father inside a bedroom within the family’s apartment sometime Wednesday. The father also killed the children’s mother — his wife — outside of a Walgreens at 6101 W. Lake Mead Boulevard before ultimately killing himself.
As court enters into session, Judge Heidi Almase takes her seat and begins to hear her cases for the morning. But this isn’t a regular court proceeding. As part of mental health court, the 12 defendants before her are dealing with a mental illness that contributed to their introduction to the criminal justice system.
The British man who was arrested in connection with an alleged threat against Donald Trump at a Las Vegas rally was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday.
Ernesto Ramos, who admitted using sex tapes to extort $200,000 from a prominent Las Vegas businessman, has hired new lawyers to challenge the legality of his guilty plea.
A Las Vegas woman’s attempted murder case was thrown out this month after the victims refused to show up in court.
Misconduct allegations against an internal Clark County School District police investigator are complicating a criminal case he helped the FBI put together.
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.
A robbery defendant who won his freedom because of procedural errors by prosecutors has gone on YouTube proclaiming his innocence and blasting the government’s handling of his case.
A man who fought sexual assault charges for eight years has filed a civil rights lawsuit that accuses Las Vegas police of withholding evidence that was favorable to him. The case was dismissed in June 2014 after the evidence came to light.
A Las Vegas man who admitted using sex tapes to extort a prominent, married businessman wants to avoid prison time.
An inmate who escaped from a firefighting camp Sunday afternoon is back in custody Monday, according to a Nevada Department of Corrections media release.
The March 31 shooting death of Metropolitan Police Department patrol dog Nicky made many in the Las Vegas Valley ask why the dog was not wearing a bulletproof vest.
Two men were arrested Monday in connection with the shooting death of a 22-year-old man that morning in the northeast valley.
A man who received a six-month jail term while his lawyer was handcuffed in court was released on his own recognizance Wednesday pending an appeal of his sentence.
