Las Vegas authorities use electronic wiretaps more than almost every other police agency in the country, according to a new report. Clark County judges approved 187 wiretaps on phones in 2013, and police executed 178, according to the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts. All of the wiretaps were for drug investigations.
Las Vegas Township Constable John Bonaventura ordered the shredding of documents from an internal investigation that determined his second-in-command, Deputy Chief Dean Lauer, had used office resources to look for information about adult film actresses, the Review-Journal has learned.
A Las Vegas judge sentenced two men to 4 to 10 years in prison Monday for their roles in a 2010 gang-related homicide.
An FBI-led raid shut down an illegal sports betting operation at Caesars Palace last week that authorities say was run by Malaysian and Chinese nationals who were taking wagers on the World Cup soccer tournament.
A man caught on video spraying gunfire into a crowd outside a nightclub, injuring five people, was ordered held on $1 million bail Monday while insisting he was defending himself during a fight with other people.
Conair Corp. and a subsidiary have filed patent infringement lawsuits against two companies that presented hair-curling products this weekend at an international trade show in Las Vegas.
The Nye County sheriff’s office Monday was seeking a prisoner who didn’t report back to jail from a work-release program.
Las Vegas police arrested a man Friday who they say shot his wife’s illicit boyfriend. Police responded to an east valley home on Tomer Lane, near Flamingo Road and McLeod Drive, after getting reports that someone had been shot in the head.
A violent felon who was released from jail at the request of members of an FBI-led task force, then allegedly fatally shot a father of four, was denied attempts to renege on a deal with authorities so he could avoid a life prison term in a separate case.
Las Vegas police believe a woman was intentionally struck by a driver in the southeast valley on Friday night as she was calling for help for her dying baby.
