Jasmin Vargas told police that she did not know her handgun was loaded when she fired it in the parking lot of an apartment complex in December 2020.
Courts
“He’s clearly a danger to the community,” Justice of the Peace Eric Goodman said.
Matthew Beasley, an attorney who was shot and injured by FBI agents last week, is accused of orchestrating a $300 million Ponzi scheme, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
A Las Vegas man accused of killing a woman, storing her body in a suitcase and raping another woman was sentenced Tuesday to between 16 and 40 years in prison.
Officials have missed their deadline to secure an execution warrant for death row prisoner Zane Floyd before Nevada’s supply of ketamine expires.
A felon accused of shooting a Chinatown waiter multiple times was released from jail six days before the crime with the help of a national nonprofit.
“No human being should be exposed to the terror and agony of not being able to breathe,” said Dr. Mark Heath, an anesthesiologist.
A Colorado man who was shot in the leg by law enforcement at the Red Rock Canyon scenic loop appeared in a Las Vegas courtroom Tuesday and had his bail affirmed at $100,000.
A jury began deliberations Thursday to determine if one of two men convicted of murder in a 2016 fatal shooting should be put to death.
A judge ruled on Friday that there is enough evidence for three people to stand trial on murder and kidnapping charges in the torture and shooting death of a Las Vegas man.
John Dabritz, 67, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Tuesday for the ambush shooting last year of Jenkins near Ely.
The courtroom was packed on Thursday when three people charged in connection with the killing of 27-year-old Roy Jaggers made their first court appearance.
Alonso Perez, 29, agreed to plead guilty to the murder charges and other crimes in exchange for prosecutors dropping their efforts to seek the death penalty.
A Las Vegas man accused of killing two people and critically injuring a third in a dispute over unpaid rent was laughing and smiling as he shot the victims, police said.
Lawyers for Zane Floyd, convicted in a Las Vegas grocery store massacre, filed court papers Tuesday detailing for the first time a request to commute his death sentence.