The names of the officers who shot and killed a man in a downtown Las Vegas apartment complex on Thursday were released Saturday.
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The Henderson police officer involved in a shooting Thursday morning has been identified.
The student, who is autistic and nonverbal, was unable to explain how he received the scratch marks after his mother noticed the apparent swastika in March 2023.
The CEO faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison if convicted.
The former chairman and CEO of the Henderson-based company could face prison time when a federal judge sentences him in October.
Metro robbery detectives are asking for the public’s help identifying two suspected purse snatchers. According to police, two men approached a woman in the parking lot of a business near the intersection of Serene and Eastern avenues on July 3. The men grabbed the shopper’s purse with enough force to cause her to fall to the ground.
Nevada currently lacks a statute to address competency issues among juveniles. Officials have used adult criminal procedures as a guide instead, said Susan Roske, an attorney with the Clark County juvenile public defender’s office.
A 63-year-old Las Vegas man who sprayed another man with gasoline and set him ablaze was cleared Thursday of an attempted murder charge.
The man killed in a shooting at a Rebel gas station late Tuesday night has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
A Las Vegas woman faces attempted murder charges after police said she threw her children out a second-story window June 12.
A Clark County jury awarded more than $5 million to the family of a Las Vegas chef who died after taking methadone prescribed by his doctor. After a two-and-a-half week trial, the jury decided against the doctor, Gauthum Reddy, in the malpractice and wrongful death lawsuit, but also found Chris Davis partly responsible for his own death.
James Zipf, 30, of Henderson admitted in federal court Thursday that he pointed a laser at Las Vegas police helicopters earlier this year. Zipf pleaded guilty to one of six felony counts. The other counts will be thrown out as part of a plea agreement.
In the wake of a federal court order, the Las Vegas constable’s office Thursday temporarily suspended its enforcement of a state law requiring new residents to obtain Nevada license plates after 30 days.
A pedestrian was in critical condition after being hit by a car Monday afternoon, Las Vegas police say. The collision happened just after 4 p.m. near Desert Inn Road and Maryland Parkway. The pedestrian was suffering critical injuries and was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, police reported.
A pair of Clark County women deserve at least $60 million after developing bladder cancer from taking the diabetes drug Actos, one of their attorneys told a jury Monday. The lawyers for Delores Cipriano, 81, and Bertha Triana, 80, have said they plan to seek billions of dollars more in punitive damages from the Japan-based drug maker Takeda as the case wraps up this week.
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