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Airport theft suspect’s quick release angers investigators

Clark County prosecutors want to know how a McCarran International Airport worker accused of theft was able to quickly get out of jail and nearly make it home before detectives could search there for stolen airport property.

Police believe rapper was targeted for murder

Las Vegas police believe a 22-year-old aspiring rapper shot outside a northwest valley bar this week was likely intentionally targeted, and his murder was not the result of a random crime of opportunity.

Man indicted in northwest valley murder

A 28-year-old man was indicted on murder and attempted murder charges in connection to a January fatal shooting in the northwest valley.

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McCarran workers arrested in theft case

Three technicians who install and repair security cameras at McCarran International Airport have been arrested for theft of electronic gear and are suspected of sabotaging at least one airport security camera.

California man gets prison in Las Vegas murder

A 23-year-old California man was sentenced to 30 to 76 years in prison for the slaying of a woman he shot through a door in March 2010.

Child in near-drowning dies; mother sentenced

A 3-year-old boy who nearly drowned in 2009 died last week only 11 days after his mother was sentenced to five years probation in connection with the incident.

Judge refuses to lower bail for former police officer

District Judge Jackie Glass on Thursday refused to reduce the $400,000 bail of William Ronald Webb, the former Las Vegas police officer charged with plotting the death of his girlfriend, attorney Nancy Quon.

Vigil honors aspiring rapper slain outside business

As more than a hundred friends and family members gathered Thursday night in a park across from the high school athletic fields where Michael Alano Portaro thrived, an unusually large shooting star suddenly filled the sky.

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