Former Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs is expected to face a judge Wednesday morning after being jailed on felony charges in connection with a fiery crash Tuesday that left a 23-year-old woman dead.
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The man was never charged with a crime, yet the government held on to his cash for months. Advocates say his case illustrates a broken civil asset forfeiture system.
Jessica DuPreez, the fiancee of Henderson casino manager “Big Mike” Freedy, now urges everyone to get vaccinated.
“I think it demonstrates as much as anything does that their heart is where it ought to be as we work on this,” Clark County Commissioner Jim Gibson said of MGM Resorts International.
The report was compiled from all misconduct allegations made in 2018 and 2019 against the Metropolitan Police Department’s rank-and-file officers and civilian employees.
A year ago on Tuesday, Jorge Gomez was shot and killed by Las Vegas police while armed with multiple guns during a Black Lives Matter demonstration. He was 25.
In September, a woman accused a California real estate agent of raping her in Las Vegas. Now, police say, more women have come forward with allegations.
The latest Nevada lawsuit fits a pattern of sexual harassment allegations that have surfaced in recent years against the well-known sports entertainment company.
“When we first announced we were moving here, we knew we were going to bring this issue of importance with us,” said Marc Badain, president of the Raiders.
A public fact-finding review was Friday morning in the death of Byron Williams, an unarmed Black man who died last year in Las Vegas police custody.
A man suspected of shooting a Las Vegas police officer during a Black Lives Matter protest is identified in jail and court records as 20-year-old Edgar Samaniego.
“I have no cause for concern. When the public needs help, we’re going to do whatever we can,” said Steve Grammas, president of the Las Vegas police union.
The number of positive COVID-19 cases within the Metropolitan Police Department increased to three on Thursday. Metro announced its first positive case on Friday.
Two men were killed about a week apart in late 2019 in unrelated and previously unreported shootings that Las Vegas police believe were both cases of self-defense.
While arresting Nathaniel Postelle III on Thanksgiving morning, Las Vegas police found a gram of cocaine in a pants pocket of the drunken driving suspect, according to his arrest report.