Jordan Barson had more than nine times the amount of the drug in his system to be legally considered impaired, according to an arrest warrant.
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The driver of a box truck that plowed into a group of nearly 20 bicyclists on Thursday, killing five, has been charged with DUI, court records show.
The federal facility has experienced the largest outbreak of any detention center in Nevada, with at least 102 inmates testing positive since the start of the pandemic.
During a court hearing Tuesday, Nevada Southern Detention Center officials said there are 38 inmates at the federal facility in Pahrump who have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Nevada Southern Detention Center on Tuesday confirmed an employee has died from “potential COVID-19 related issues,” days after news of an inmate death due to the coronavirus.
ICE detainees were a majority of those checked in a recent round of testing at the low-security wing of the jail, leading to more confirmed cases among them, official says.
The suspect faces robbery and murder charges after the Nye County Sheriff’s Office said he and a friend conspired to rob a teenager who fatally shot the friend in self-defense.
The number of Nevada prisoners with positive test results went from nine on Wednesday to 15 on Thursday, but the infection rate in the state’s prisons remains low.
The Nye County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help in finding a sedan believed to be connected to a fatal shooting reported early Wednesday in Pahrump.
The Nevada Department of Corrections announced on Wednesday a “comprehensive” plan to test prisoners for the new coronavirus.
As of Monday, 56 of Nevada’s nearly 12,500 state prisoners have been tested for the coronavirus, representing less than half a percent of inmates.
A day after Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. Ben Jenkins was shot and killed in rural Nevada, his body was escorted from the Clark County coroner’s office by hundreds of officers.
Tyler Jackson, 18, was arrested on Monday after he allegedly brought a knife to Pahrump Valley High School and threatened two other students, the Nye County Sheriff’s Office said.
The Nye County Commission approved a plan Wednesday to create an ankle monitoring program for the county jail in Pahrump, which would cost inmates at least $300 a month.
The Clark County coroner’s office on Tuesday said an inmate who died at High Desert State Prison in April died of natural causes.