Las Vegas police are investigating an armed carjacking that led to a pursuit Thursday night in the northern valley.
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Jurors asked about whether some charges were connected. The “Dances with Wolves” actor is accused of sexually assaulting multiple women.
The former coach for Boulder City High School was arrested on 10 felony counts, police said.
Nathan Chasing Horse, an alleged cult leader, is accused of targeting fellow Native Americans and sexually assaulting multiple women.
The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating a crash north of Pahrump on Wednesday morning that left a man dead and a woman in critical condition.
A Grinch has made off with thousands of dollars in Christmas trees from a Gardnerville tree lot
Las Vegas police found a man dead in his home from an apparent gunshot wound while performing a welfare check Tuesday afternoon.
Paul Kunz, Justin Marzec and Joshua Giese were identified Tuesday as the Las Vegas police officers involved in the Saturday shooting of a heavily armed 26-year-old man near Flamingo Road and Mountain Vista Street.
A man wanted in a homicide near Sacramento, Calif., was arrested in Las Vegas early Tuesday morning after a lengthy standoff Monday evening.
A California homicide suspect who held a woman and a child hostage in a southeast valley apartment was arrested early Tuesday morning after a lengthy standoff with Las Vegas police.
A 45-year-old kindergarten teacher charged with kidnapping a 16-year-old girl in Las Vegas left the Los Angeles school district after he was accused of inappropriately touching six victims, all fourth- and fifth-graders, prosecutors said Monday.
Since more serious charges have been dropped, a Nevada judge on Monday reduced bail for a man and a woman accused during their high-profile arrests last summer of conspiring to kidnap police officers to draw attention to an anti-government sovereign citizen philosophy.
Three people suspected in a carjacking Monday morning were arrested after a police chase in which one of the suspects fired at officers.
The victim of a Saturday night shooting was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office Monday.
A 29-year-old man was sentenced to six to 15 years in prison for an August hit-and-run crash that killed an 18-year-old captain in the Metropolitan Police Department Explorers program.
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Police are investigating the deaths of two people found inside a residence Wednesday morning in the southwest Las Vegas Valley.
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.
Donors include attorneys and gaming industry entities. Some are also tied to well-known figures who have been convicted of crimes.
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.
