Las Vegas police late Wednesday arrested the son of Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge George Assad in connection with December’s $1.5 million Bellagio casino heist. Anthony Michael Carleo, 29, was arrested after he met undercover officers to sell high-value chips taken in the heist, law enforcement sources said.
North Las Vegas police search for 16-year-old girl with a potentially fatal medical condition who has been missing since Saturday.
Dominick Harriman on Wednesday testified his father tried to kill him over an insurance scam and sexual affairs. Harriman said in a preliminary hearing in Las Vegas Justice Court that his father, Keith, wanted him dead because he told insurance fraud investigators his father’s $160,000 burglary loss claim was a scam to feed his crack cocaine addiction.
The North Las Vegas City Council did not approve a contract concessions agreement with the firefighters union that would have saved the jobs of 33 firefighters. Instead, the council on Wednesday postponed the matter 60 days so city officials can audit the Fire Department’s use of sick leave and overtime to ensure neither is being abused.
A forecast that University Medical Center could close in three years if it doesn’t change course didn’t persuade Clark County commissioners Wednesday to transform the public hospital into a nonprofit entity.
A Las Vegas woman was sentenced Wednesday to 27 months in prison for submitting fraudulent mortgage loan applications in 2004 and 2005. Gail Bilyeu also was ordered her to pay about $1 million in restitution to five federally insured financial institutions.
For the first time in nearly 15 years, the city of Las Vegas on Wednesday enacted rules governing conduct at the Fremont Street Experience that won’t lead to a federal free speech lawsuit. The ordinance requires street performers, panhandlers and the like to stay 20 feet away from doors, ATMs, fire lanes and crosswalks, and 10 feet away from retail kiosks and outdoor cafes.
The Nevada Supreme Court responded succinctly Wednesday to O.J. Simpson’s request for a new hearing in his robbery case, saying: “Rehearing denied. It is so ordered.”
Gov. Brian Sandoval would jeopardize the safety of Nevada citizens with his plan to eliminate 45 parole and probation officers and increase the caseloads of the remaining officers, Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford said Wednesday. Sandoval proposes cutting the Department of Public Safety’s spending for the coming two-year budget period to $79.9 million, a 24.8 percent cut from the $106.3 million approved in 2009.
The College of Southern Nevada would lose $26.7 million if Gov. Brian Sandoval’s budget is adopted, the community college’s president, Michael Richards, said Wednesday. He said the cuts amounted to 29 percent of its state support.
Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said Wednesday the agency is continuing to close out its activities on the Yucca Mountain repository, eventually including halting the work of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, a semi-autonomous arm of the agency.
Intense heat grips southern Nevada every summer. However, in recent years, the topic of worksite heat stress safety has become a focus. In 2022, Federal OSHA introduced its national emphasis program on heat stress safety. The same year, Nevada OSHA also issued its state heat stress guidelines for businesses. As summer 2024 approaches, it’s time […]
On Friday morning, his campaign announced it had raised $34.8 million as donations poured in after the verdict.
Residents throughout the Las Vegas Valley were reacting to the news that Donald Trump had become the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes.
Imprisoned for a Las Vegas fatal DUI, former NFL player Henry Ruggs is in a prison work program that placed him at the Governor’s Mansion.
Trump is expected to appeal the verdict and will face an awkward dynamic as he returns to the campaign trail tagged with convictions.
