Authorities in New Mexico issued an arrest warrant Friday for director and Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield to face a child sex abuse charge.
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Police said the arrest came after an investigation at an elementary school in the northeast valley.
The Metropolitan Police Department provided more details about a pair of January police shootings.
Between that case and another filed early December, 46-year-old Christopher Cohen now faces a total of 13 charges.
Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man accused of burglarizing a home in Summerlin in December.
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.
Remains found in a shallow grave have been identified as those of a Canadian woman who may have been an acquaintance of a mob-linked Las Vegas union leader and convicted killer.
David Kirkman, 67, had been convicted of driving under the influence and sentenced to 21 to 33 months in prison.
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The Metropolitan Police Department provided more details about a pair of January police shootings.
Police said T’Shawn Allen, 27, stole hundreds of dollars from businesses such as Pink Box Donuts, Buffalo Wild Wings, and Pretty Soul Kitchen and caused potentially thousands in damages over a two-day theft spree.
Devyn Michaels was found guilty by a jury after a sensational trial in November. The victim was her on-and-off boyfriend.
Police have said Tyler Johns and the victim’s stepfather were arguing before the shooting that claimed the child’s life.
