The SUV driver who fatally struck two 16-year-old Las Vegas girls Monday night admitted to using drugs earlier in the day, according to an arrest report.
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Las Vegas police officer Shay Mikalonis was handcuffing a protester near Circus Circus. Edgar Samaniego was checked into a nearby motel. Several miles away, protester Jorge Gomez ran from a swarm of officers.
A 93-year-old man who shot an apartment complex maintenance worker last week, leading to Las Vegas police gunfire, was apparently upset over water damage and flooding in his unit.
Court records identify the suspected shooter as Jacques Lanier, who was charged in absentia Wednesday with one count of attempted murder with the use of a deadly weapon.
After speaking to residents in the area, Las Vegas police homicide detectives believe the man was shot at least two hours before his body was found early Wednesday.
The tip of the second man’s finger was severed during a scuffle on Nov. 24, when both were placed in holding cell No. 2 on the first floor of the downtown Las Vegas jail.
The ring used the stolen information to counterfeit ATM and bank cards that were used to withdraw cash and purchase luxury goods in Las Vegas and in at least six states.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a 65-year-old pedestrian killed Friday morning in a hit-and-run crash in the northwestern Las Vegas Valley.
A 35-year-old man who Las Vegas police said peered into his sleeping neighbor’s bedroom window before breaking into her apartment is accused of raping her last month, records show.
An 18-year-old suspect was arrested Thursday in the fatal narcotics-related shooting of Martell Williams in January.
An autopsy performed on the body of a malnourished infant last week revealed that he weighed more on the day he was born than when he died, according to Las Vegas police records.
According to Las Vegas Review-Journal records, Metro investigated 171 homicides, not including the 58 deaths from the mass shooting on Oct. 1.