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Massive cybercrime case unfolding in Las Vegas

Las Vegas is the focus of an international cybercrime syndicate case, with the first two defendants standing trial in federal court.

Nevada AG hails verdict in defective PVC pipe case

Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto is hailing a jury verdict that found a company knowingly made defective water and sewer pipes sold to dozens of municipalities and water districts across several states.

3-car crash interrupts vigil for teen pedestrian

A vigil for a teen pedestrian killed over the weekend on Blue Diamond Road was interrupted Thursday night by a three-car crash at the same intersection as the previous crash.

Police review fatal shooting during fact-finding hearing

Las Vegas police called the fatal police shooting of a 33-year-old man on Feb. 8 a “culmination of events from two days prior.” On Feb. 6, two days before police shot and killed Roberto Torres, the man shot his pregnant girlfriend in the head while she slept on the couch, detective Clifford Mogg said Friday.

Jury being picked in Las Vegas highway shooting case

Jury selection has begun in a Las Vegas attempted murder case where a woman is charged with scheming to have her estranged husband killed in a highway shooting.

Man indicted in Strip deaths of highway patrolman, friend

A 29-year-old man was indicted on charges he killed a California highway patrolman and another man after a carjacking on the Strip, prosecutors said Friday.

Nevada justices scrutinize warrantless use of cellphone GPS data

A court-appointed lawyer argued before the Nevada Supreme Court Thursday that her client’s constitutional rights were violated when a Douglas County sheriff’s deputy did not secure a search warrant before using his cellphone’s global positioning system to locate and arrest him.

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