A Las Vegas mother pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder and child abuse charges in connection with the death of her 3-year-old son.
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A judge denied a new trial for a pair of teens convicted in the slaying of 17-year-old Matthew Minkler in Henderson in June 2018.
A federal judge has ruled that the most serious charges of murder and conspiracy will not be thrown out against Vagos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang members.
The man who fatally shot a Las Vegas casino executive and wounded another during a company picnic last year was sentenced Thursday.
Prosecutors seeking the death penalty tried to show that the now-convicted 45-year-old killer had a history of abusing and threatening women in his life dating to the mid-1990s.
Charles Gary Sullivan, the 73-year-old man charged with the 1979 killing, was extradited Friday to the Washoe County Sheriff’s jail.
A Las Vegas man was convicted Monday of fatally shooting his girlfriend and her 17-year-old daughter, as well as critically wounding her 4-year-old daughter.
If Manuel Mata III is convicted of first-degree murder, prosecutors are expected to ask the same panel to send him to death row.
A third defendant in the death of a 24-year-old model faced a Las Vegas judge Wednesday on murder and kidnapping charges.
Shondell Pitts claims Metro officers were negligent, used excessive force and inflicted emotional distress on herself and her daughter.
A man facing the death penalty and accused in the rape and killing of UNLV student Paula Davis pleaded not guilty Thursday.
Frank LaPena who spent decades in prison after being convicted of being the mastermind behind the murder of a Caesars Palace executive’s wife, was granted a pardon by the state Pardons Board on Wednesday.
Two brothers were sentenced Wednesday for their roles in storming into a Lee’s Discount Liquor store in 2016 in southwest Las Vegas and gunning down a clerk.
Prosecutors announced Tuesday that they intend to seek the death penalty against a 21-year-old man accused of raping and killing UNLV student Paula Davis.
Lawyers told the high court a Washoe County grand jury had no authority to indict the suspect for two of the killings that occurred outside the county.