Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in arresting and convicting the person or persons who tortured and hanged a cat Sept. 14.
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A fluke and a little good fortune helped a homicide suspect escape North Las Vegas police custody Friday, officials explained Wednesday, the day after the suspect was recaptured.
None of Bayzle Morgan’s neo-Nazi head and neck tattoos was visible to jurors Thursday, as lawyers gave opening statements in his robbery trial.
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.
Antwine Hunter, 29, spent two weeks behind bars on a $20,000 bail he could not afford, manuevering around the jail in an small, uncomfortable black wheelchair.
California resident Demario James Keyes, 37, died in police custody on June 27 after the knife-wielding man was subdued by a family at a birthday party near UNLV. Details about the incident emerged Wednesday at a Clark County fact-finding review.
A public fact-finding review revealed on Tuesday that high levels of drugs, including methamphetamine, were found in Bryan Bauer’s system after he was fatally shot by a Henderson police officer on July 4.
Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Barack Obama, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid and the federal judge presiding over his criminal case alleging they violated his constitutional rights to a speedy trial and attorney of his choice.
Nevada Legal Services is partnering with UNLV’s Boyd Law School and the Clark County Law Library to offer free record-sealing classes to the public. Proponents of the program say it helps criminals rebuild their lives after they’ve paid their debt to society.
A 23-year-old man was sentenced to 12 to 30 years in prison Monday in a drunken driving crash that left two teenagers dead.
Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday delivered an impassioned address at UNLV to raise awareness about sexual assault on college campuses, decrying a culture that subjects victims to being “raped by the system.”
The trial of Jason Lofthouse, a former Rancho High School teacher accused of having sex with a student, will rest largely on whether jurors believe he kidnapped the 17-year-old girl when they visited area hotels twice during school hours.
Las Vegas police seek the public’s help in identifying a vehicle of interest from a February fatal shooting case in the northeast valley.
An 18-year-old was ordered to serve 32½ to 95 years in prison Tuesday for fatally stabbing his mother and 9-year-old brother. Adrian Navarro-Canales would be about 50 years old when he is first eligible for parole.
Two years after luring a teenager into prostitution, a Las Vegas pimp was convicted Monday on 15 felony counts in connection with brutally torturing her for months.