Several longtime judges did not move to retain their District Court seat in this year’s election by the filing deadline.
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Nearly five months after the shooting, the Metropolitan Police Department arrested Alexander Johnson, citing new evidence showed he had misrepresented the events leading up to the shooting.
Frederick Blanche pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges in December and agreed to a long sentence.
Police said they received reports of a shooting in the 1800 block of Lewis Avenue. One man died at the scene and another died at a hospital.
Police investigated an incident in which a man was struck by a vehicle and a “blunt object” during an altercation in a Las Vegas neighborhood.
Malik Avila was 24 at the time of his death, the Nevada Department of Corrections said.
A convicted criminal has been arrested in Las Vegas after living several years as a fugitive.
The teacher’s aide allegedly pinned an elementary school student to the ground after he threw two handfuls of dirt at her, according to a lawsuit filed Monday.
The Metropolitan Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying three men believed to be involved in a string of purse thefts at businesses across the Las Vegas Valley.
Six people have been arrested in connection with a multi-agency operation that targeted child sex predators in the Las Vegas Valley, according to police.
Police are investigating an overnight shooting that sent one person to the hospital in the east Las Vegas Valley.
A carjacking suspect who was shot by a Las Vegas police officer was holding a vape pen in his hand that officers initially believed was a knife, according to police.
In a separate hearing Tuesday, the son of the restaurant’s founder avoided jail time in his own criminal case.
Stanley Weaver, 29, was charged with counts of aggravated stalking, stalking through the use of the internet or electronic communications, and malicious destruction of property.
Henderson Councilwoman Carrie Cox pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to monitoring or attempting to monitor a private conversation that involved another councilwoman and local business leaders in January.
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Frederick Blanche pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges in December and agreed to a long sentence.
A news release said the strike force would involve collaboration with other agencies. Attorneys offered mixed reactions.
Michael McKee, 39, was arrested Saturday by police in Rockford, Illinois, and remains in custody at the Winnebago County Justice Center, according to Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office online records.
Bryan Vargas-Caicedo previously pleaded guilty in District Court to reckless driving and, in a lower court, to misdemeanor DUI in connection with the death of 37-year-old Wesley Larsen.
