Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee authorizes use of the funding to continue the effort to test some 7,800 untested kits — some decade old — collected after sexual assaults.
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Nevada’s chief federal judge has upheld a protective order that keeps key evidence under wraps in the Bunkerville standoff case involving the Bundy family.
A prominent organization of defense lawyers in Las Vegas this week formed a committee to explore ways of challenging local law enforcement’s methods for gaining drug convictions.
A defense lawyer in the Bunkerville standoff case has filed court papers seeking to toss out evidence obtained against his client by undercover “law enforcement agents” posing as a video production crew.
An inmate at the Clark County Detention Center died after he was found bleeding from the head in his cell Saturday, according to a Metro press release.
Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., on Thursday said the Justice Department awarded the Nevada attorney general’s office a $1,962,414 grant to continue the state’s participation in theNational Sexual Assault Kit Initiative.
The U.S. Justice Department and other agencies said on Thursday they have moved to shut down a series of mail-fraud schemes — including one out of Las Vegas — that have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from victims in the United States.
The Henderson resident thought justice had been guaranteed after the madman behind her brother’s killing, Charles Manson, and four of his followers were sentenced to the death penalty. Then the unthinkable happened.
Thomas John Kummer became Jay Sebring about 1958 because he liked the name of the racetrack in Florida and his hair styling business was taking off.
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.
Charges could include conspiracy to commit a crime, destruction of property, trespassing, destruction of habitat, killing of an endangered species — a felony — and a charge of possessing a firearm as an ex-felon.
Former power broker Harvey Whittemore was released from a federal halfway house Monday after serving 21 months of a two-year prison term for breaking campaign contribution laws.
A key defendant in armed standoffs with law enforcement in Oregon and Nevada pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges in the Nevada case.
An inmate committed suicide at High Desert State Prison on March 23, according to a release from the Nevada Department of Corrections.
North Las Vegas Police issued 192 citations during a “joining forces” event, according to a release from the agency.
