Lawyers presented opening statements Thursday in a criminal trial against a Metropolitan Police Department officer accused of sexually abusing a child over the course of a decade.
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Long before Emilio Arenas tortured and killed a man in an east Las Vegas apartment, he inflicted violence, humiliation and degradation upon those he encountered, prosecutors said Thursday.
Federal prosecutors insisted in a recent court filing that any future trial against Douglas Haig needs to mention Stephen Paddock, the man who fatally shot 58 people on the Strip.
A 33-year-old man pleaded guilty Thursday to voluntary manslaughter in a fatal shooting at a strip club near downtown Las Vegas.
The woman charged with murder in the death of a nail salon manager made a brief court appearance Thursday in Las Vegas.
Prosecutors on Thursday filed several new charges against Antwon Perkins, a former state corrections officer accused in at least two abduction and sexual assault cases involving minors.
A federal jury awarded a man $225,000 Wednesday in a civil case against three Metropolitan Police Department officers involved in a 2013 shooting.
Three Metropolitan Police Department officers testified in court on Tuesday in a civil suit filed by two people who were injured in a 2013 officer-involved shooting.
A North Las Vegas man was sentenced Monday to 10 years in federal prison after his wife reported him to law enforcement in 2017 for uploading child pornography to his Tumblr account.
Over eight years, Jennifer J. McCain-Bray used her job in the purchasing department at the Las Vegas Valley Water District to steal and sell more than $6.7 million worth of ink and toner cartridges.
A federal jury began hearing evidence Monday in a civil rights lawsuit against the Metropolitan Police Department and three officers involved in a February 2013 shooting.
Prominent sports bettor David Oancea, known in gambling circles as “Vegas Dave,” pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor in federal court.
A Las Vegas man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for offenses involving the transportation of a 1-year-old child for the purpose of sexual abuse.
A Mohave County jury deliberated for two hours Friday before finding Al Blanco, 63, of Kingman guilty of first-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence and abandonment of a body in connection with the killing of Sid Cranston.
Two men were convicted Friday in the slaying of a 50-year-old Las Vegas man whose body was bound with electrical tape and stuffed in a suitcase.