Former Nevada prison warden Manuel Portillo is charged with attempted robbery and battery after allegedly biting a coworker’s ear at a Palace Station work event.
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Ali Moussaoui was riding his motorcycle near West Tropicana Avenue and Grand Canyon Drive on Thursday when Jalen Felton, 24, who police said had stolen a Salvation Army bus, fatally struck him.
School police said in his arrest report that Nicolas Jefferson, an Improve Your Tomorrow volunteer, used a fake online persona to promise an 18-year-old student modeling opportunities and money in exchange for sexually explicit photos and acts.
District Judge Jessica Peterson barred Review-Journal reporters from witnessing an alleged victim’s testimony during Nathan Chasing Horse’s sexual assault trial last week.
The former pro basketball star didn’t want to discuss his DUI arrest during an appearance at a Las Vegas restaurant. But he said he wants Vegas to get an NBA team.
An arrest report alleged that Lt. Brian Boxler and his wife were arguing about a full washer when he choked her.
The shooting took place shortly after 9 p.m. near North Hualapai Way and Elkhorn Road.
Police at UNLV are warning people about a telephone scam.
Julius Trotter testified in his death penalty trial in connection with the fatal stabbings of two Vietnamese tour leaders at Circus Circus in 2018.
The 76-year-old man is accused in connection with a stabbing death at a downtown Las Vegas apartment building.
Las Vegas police said they have identified a suspect in a 1994 cold case homicide that killed a 27-year-old woman.
Andy Scoggins is now grieving the loss of his only child and reckoning with a damaged relationship that he had hoped to eventually mend.
The Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline voted to suspend Michele Fiore from her position as Pahrump Justice of the Peace without pay, according to court documents.
After running from officers, the woman barricaded herself in a shed in the backyard of a home and was eventually taken into custody, police said.
A heavily redacted report released by Metropolitan Police said a man is charged with murder after a fentanyl transaction just hours before his 52-year-old customer’s death.
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The complaint, filed Tuesday in federal court in Las Vegas, claims a high priest ordained within the church had raped the girl when she was 10 until she was 15.
The former “Dances with Wolves” actor is accused of sexually assaulting multiple women. Two of them spoke to jurors.
One person was killed Wednesday night after a Salvation Army bus stolen in North Las Vegas triggered a police pursuit, then ran a red light in the west valley and collided with a motorcycle, police said.
Nathan Chasing Horse is accused of targeting the Native American community and sexually assaulting multiple women.
