Las Vegas Valley crime trends for Jan. 2-8
Interested about crime trends in your neighborhood in the past week? Following is a breakdown.
Interested about crime trends in your neighborhood in the past week? Following is a breakdown.





Interested about crime trends in your neighborhood in the past week? Following is a breakdown.
A 55-year-old man arrested in connection with the investigation into a possible biological laboratory in an east Las Vegas house appeared in federal court.
That morning, police received a call from a 7-year-old boy who said his mother was hurt and needed help, according to a police report.
William “Bill” Carns, a former Nye County Republican Central Committee chairman, was arrested last weekend by the Nye County Sheriff’s Office on multiple offenses.
A man who took a child hostage died after being shot by police but not before he killed the boy, authorities said.
Vaughn Griffith, a former Alexander Dawson School student, faces one felony charge in connection with an April 2025 attack involving classmates, records show.
Law enforcement leaders said they arrested one man in connection with an alleged illegal biological laboratory in the east Las Vegas Valley.
The teen’s attorney said he was agreeing to a three- to 15-year prison sentence. The victim’s family called that range unfair.
Law enforcement agencies executed a search warrant in the east Las Vegas Valley on Saturday. Federal court records argue individuals linked to the home had a history of violating FDA regulations.
Anyone with any information about this is urged to contact Metro’s Homicide Section at 702-828-3521 or homicide@lvmpd.com.
A man was shot and killed Sunday morning at a North Las Vegas business.