Beefing up the police presence on Fremont Street Experience combined with sometimes confusing and legally questionable ordinances crafted by the Las Vegas City Council seems to have made a difference that can be felt. The mall feels safer today than it did six months ago.
Prison officials say former Nevada developer and political power broker Harvey Whittemore’s health issues will prevent him from serving his two-year sentence at a federal prison closest to Reno as his lawyers requested.
The woman who was shot and killed in a 7-Eleven parking lot Thursday evening was identified Saturday by the Clark County Coroner’s office.
Las Vegas police responded at 5:47 a.m. to the 1200 block of Fairchild Street where a woman was pronounced dead.
Police are looking for missing woman Yolanda Johnson, 30, who was last seen 7:30 p.m. Thursday at her home in the 3700 block of Prairie Orchid Avenue, near Pecos and Washburn Roads.
Metro robbery detectives are asking for the public’s help identifying two suspected purse snatchers. According to police, two men approached a woman in the parking lot of a business near the intersection of Serene and Eastern avenues on July 3. The men grabbed the shopper’s purse with enough force to cause her to fall to the ground.
Nevada currently lacks a statute to address competency issues among juveniles. Officials have used adult criminal procedures as a guide instead, said Susan Roske, an attorney with the Clark County juvenile public defender’s office.
