A man who sexually assaulted and killed a 7-year-old girl more than two decades ago was back in a Las Vegas courtroom Thursday.
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A 37-year-old Northern Nevada woman who admitted ramming into a Douglas County sheriff deputy’s patrol car in an effort to escape arrest on drug charges has been sentenced to up to 2 1/2 years in prison.
Two people were arrested Saturday night in Arizona after a stolen car was involved in a drive-by shooting near Hoover Dam, police said.
The Clark County coroner’s office ruled Melody Morgan’s death a suicide, but the family has questions about the circumstances. She died on April 28 at Florence McClure Women’s Correctional Center.
The sheriff’s office says the male suspect was shot and killed Saturday night after striking a deputy with a vehicle in the Sunridge community south of Carson City.
One suspected drunken driver on Friday night did all the work for the Nevada Highway Patrol when he was found asleep at the wheel at the agency’s command center.
As part of the national Stepping Up Initiative, Metropolitan Police Department officials are exploring new approaches to get low-level offenders into treatment instead of keeping them locked up.
The robberies occurred at the Green Valley Grocery on the corner of state Route 372 and Blagg Road and a Maverik gas station on state Route 160.
An inmate at Northern Nevada Correctional Center died Friday, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.
