Henderson police said they are investigating an officer involved shooting after a man stole a construction vehicle and rammed it into patrol cars.
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Richard A. Bartlett, 35, was arrested Dec. 16 on allegations he kidnapped his girlfriend and kept her captive in a vehicle overnight, police said.
Highlights include a trial over the murder of Tupac Shakur, District Court elections and high-profile traffic fatality cases.
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Here’s the Metropolitan Police Department’s plan to reduce traffic-related fatalities and keep officer-involved shootings at an all-time low
A police detective testified Wednesday that a woman accused of killing her on-and-off boyfriend indicated she disposed of his head in the trash.
Dispatchers received a call at 1:50 p.m. from an unidentified victim who said “multiple suspects armed with a firearm” had taken their vehicle, Metro said in an email.
Randy Katz, 60, was taken into custody Friday on one felony count of willful or malicious torture of an animal, according to the Henderson Police Department.
Detective Kari Skinner and another detective visited Devyn Michaels’ house the afternoon after Johnathan Willette’s body was found, according to witness testimony.
A shooting on southbound Interstate 11 between Flamingo Road and Tropicana Avenue sent one person to a local hospital Monday after being shot, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
The case contributed to a push for harsher DUI penalties and drew public attention to the issue of traffic safety near schools.
The woman’s ex-boyfriend shot at her vehicle on Boulder Highway near Galleria Drive on March 8, hitting the boy in the leg, her attorney said.
The mother of a man found decapitated in Henderson testified Friday about discovering her son’s body and noticing, days later, that a large knife had disappeared from her kitchen.
A 60-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a dog that died after it was discarded in a trash bag, Henderson’s police chief said.
The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld a decision which denied TikTok’s petition to dismiss the case brought against them by the Nevada Attorney General, in an opinion filed on Thursday.
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Edward Dias is accused of fleeing the scene after hitting a woman who was walking in the roadway.
Adrian Bailey, 27, is being held without bail and faces two murder charges. Police said he admitted to killing his parents.
A 41-year-old man is in custody after police say he stabbed his grandmother to death at a central Las Vegas Valley residence.
The lawsuit suggested that former Metropolitan Police Department Capt. John Pelletier helped to cover up a 2018 sexual assault and that he kidnapped witnesses.
