On Wednesday, two officers were honored by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Foundation at Resorts World.
Ricardo Torres-Cortez
Ricardo Torres-Cortez covers the city of Las Vegas and Clark County. He returned to the Review-Journal, where he’d interned, after a five-year stint at the Las Vegas Sun newspaper. A Mexican-born graduate of UNLV, he’s passionate about soccer, video games, books and coffee.
An alleged hit-and-run motorist accused of killing a pedestrian, and then painting his pickup truck another color was arrested, according to Las Vegas Justice Court records.
A Clark County School District teacher was abusive toward a trio of students with autism between the ages of 3 and 5, North Las Vegas police alleged in an arrest report.
The crash happened in the 3800 block of Hollywood Boulevard south of East Desert Inn Road.
One person was killed and another suffered life-threatening injuries in a shooting after they chased people who had robbed them, Las Vegas police said.
Three people were shot in a North Las Vegas neighborhood Saturday afternoon.
The crash happened Saturday afternoon near Ann Road and Durango Drive.
Las Vegas police said a man stabbed a woman east of the Strip.
The Metropolitan Police Department responded Thursday evening to a hotel in the 200 block of Fremont Street.
Christopher Hall, 51, faces a murder charge in the death of Rodrigo Maya Blanco.
Starting next year, cash payments for entry to the park will not be accepted.
Nicholas “Ola” Marasco, Darnell Calahan and Beya Tep play for the Las Vegas Raiders team in the USA Wheelchair Football League.
A Las Vegas man will serve eight years in prison for possessing child pornography.
A motorist who struck and killed a cyclist last month after losing control of his car has been arrested in connection to the crash, according to Las Vegas police.
Attorneys allege that Clark County officials misled them about internal communications regarding a long-stalled housing project on Blue Diamond Hill, and are asking the court for sanctions against the agency.