Metro said an employee noticed a fire along the west property wall outside the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Department.
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Troy Plascencia, 36, told a deputy, “You better shoot me, dog,” as he approached him with a machete, according to a video briefing released Saturday.
A 56-year-old man died Friday night after twice being run over by an SUV in downtown Las Vegas, according to a Metropolitan Police Department press release.
This is the 14th time that the news organization has spearheaded the survey, which aims to identify the best and worst judges.
Attorney Mark Zaid said Spencer Evans was fired without due process because he followed the Justice Department’s COVID-19 policies.
A North Las Vegas teen who was fatally shot Tuesday night at a house party in the northwest Las Vegas Valley has been identified.
Carl Arnold, who represented Duane “Keffe D” Davis during the April trial, informed Judge Krall that Davis changed lawyers in his separate murder case two days earlier.
Crystal Stephens pleaded guilty in February to first-degree kidnapping, child abuse and murder in the 2018 death of 4-year-old Brandon Steckler Jr.
The victim was described by police as an “unhoused individual” who was living in the wash.
Homicides committed by children were 65 percent higher in 2022 than in 2016 across the country, according to a report that drew on data many agencies submitted to the FBI.
A husband was killed, and his wife was injured after they were shot inside a central Las Vegas house on Saturday, police said.
A 37-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the discovery of a woman’s body in a freezer, police said.
Freddie Wright was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for killing his wife and leaving her body in a burning metal drum.
A taxi’s dashcam helped police identify a suspect in the shooting death of a man whose body was found inside a crashed car last month.
The boy was shot and killed at a Las Vegas apartment on Labor Day. An 18-year-old man has been arrested and faces a murder charge.
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After he made his guilty plea, his family and the victim’s approached each other outside the courtroom and shared tearful embraces.
According to court records, former NBA player Marcus Morris owed $265,000 in markers to two Las Vegas Strip casinos.
A teenager was killed in a shooting in the northwest valley, Las Vegas police said.
New information shows Shane Tamura was placed on a “L2K” mental health hold in 2022 and again in 2024, two months before he purchased the firearm he used to kill four and himself in New York City.
