Gregory Kerkorian, an heir to the “father of the Las Vegas mega resort,” could die in prison from the novel coronavirus, his lawyers argued in a petition to state leaders.
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The man accused of killing a Nevada Highway Patrol sergeant delivered a suspicious package to Ely Justice Court just days before the slaying, according to court records.
Law enforcement vehicles escorted Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. Benjamin Jenkins’ body as it was driven to the Clark County coroner’s office Friday night.
Nevada U.S. Attorney Nicholas Trutanich on Wednesady appointed a special prosecutor to lead coronavirus fraud investigations.
A judge on Thursday dismissed a death penalty case against one of 23 defendants prosecutors had tied to a violent white supremacist prison gang in Nevada.
Matthew Wright, 32, pleaded guilty to making a terrorist threat and other charges for blocking the bridge with a homemade armored vehicle in June 2018.
A jury hears closing arguments this week in a lengthy federal racketeering trial against eight members of the Vagos Motorcycle Club. The case stems from a fatal 2011 shooting inside a Northern Nevada casino.
It took North Las Vegas police more than two years to arrest a man charged with sexually assaulting a child. For that, his charges have been dismissed.
A group of international students from a small Reno school has filed a lawsuit against the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association, seeking to invalidate a rule that prevents them from playing varsity high school sports.
Looking back, retired U.S. senator Harry Reid says defending Russell Payne of Las Vegas was “the most challenging and bizarre case of my lawyer life.”
Nine women, including eight strippers, are seeking $15 million in a class-action lawsuit filed this week against the city of Reno.
Charles Gary Sullivan, the 73-year-old man charged with the 1979 killing, was extradited Friday to the Washoe County Sheriff’s jail.
Stefon Demar Jefferson, 43, still faces three murder charges in California for the killings the same day of men in Oakland, Berkeley and San Francisco.
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.
A former correctional officer trainee at High Desert State Prison charged in the shooting death of an inmate struck a deal with prosecutors Tuesday.
