Lyon County and former Public Administrator Richard Glover must pay $2.1 million to the heirs of a man whose Wellington home was looted after his death in May 2006, a federal jury ruled Tuesday.
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A Las Vegas-area man has been indicted in an alleged $200,000 extortion plot against a married businessman who was secretly videotaped having sex with the defendant’s stripper girlfriend during a rendezvous outside the country.
Metro abuse and neglect detectives are investigating the death of an 8-year-old boy whose body was discovered at a southwest valley residence Saturday night.
A pedestrian was critically injured and a driver was accused of DUI after a crash late Saturday night in front of Palace Station, Las Vegas police said.
A second man has died in an east valley shooting, according to Las Vegas police. It happened at a shopping center in the 5500 block of Boulder Highway, near Tropicana Avenue, about 12:20 p.m., police said.
Another legal battle has erupted in the wake of musician B.B. King’s death. King’s tour manager, Las Vegas resident Myron N. Johnson, filed a defamation lawsuit Thursday against three of the blues legend’s daughters.
The 25-year-old man Las Vegas police say was driving drunk before he crashed a BMW into a minibus, killing two, told officers he doesn’t remember anything from the wreck, according to an arrest report.
A 26-year-old motorcyclist died early Friday after a two-vehicle crash the day before near the North Las Vegas Airport, police said.
Clark County Law Library to offer free classes
A judge set bail at $500,000 on Friday for two men accused of shooting a Metro officer last week.
A former real estate agent accused of breaking into Las Vegas valley homes he didn’t own and renting the properties to unsuspecting tenants was given probation this week on seven felony charges.
Cases from last summer’s deadly CiCi’s Pizza ambush are among four fact-finding reviews on police shootings that will be held in the next several weeks, Clark County announced Tuesday.
A man shot down a relative before taking his own life in the west valley Monday night, Las Vegas police said.
Las Vegas police said Tuesday afternoon that a body found in the southern valley might be an 84-year-old man who was reported missing.
A 19-year-old man has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of his father, police announced Tuesday.
