Frederick Blanche pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges in December and agreed to a long sentence.
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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 are investigating an incident in which a man was struck by a vehicle and a “blunt object” during an altercation in a Las Vegas neighborhood.
Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield was ordered held without bond at his first court appearance Wednesday, a day after turning himself in to face charges of child sex abuseBusfield has vowed to fight the charges.
A news release said the strike force would involve collaboration with other agencies. Attorneys offered mixed reactions.
The first female battalion chief of the Clark County Fire Department has filed a federal lawsuit against the county, alleging that her employer fired her because of her gender.
Although drug use among school-age children is down, Clark County School District police are concerned about drug trends emerging on local campuses.
A divided Nevada Supreme Court has upheld the temporary suspension of Harvey Whittemore’s law license pending full disciplinary proceedings by the state Bar.
North Las Vegas officials might have to limit hours at Craig Ranch Regional Park’s skate park in the wake of graffiti cleanup crews’ first visit to the sprawling 170-acre park last week.
RENO — Nevada has failed to send almost 2,000 guardianship cases involving people with mental illnesses to be entered into a database of residents not allowed to have firearms, a state official said.
CARSON CITY — An American Civil Liberties Union study released Wednesday found 3,278 inmates in the U.S. serving sentences of life in prison without parole for nonviolent crimes.
District Judge Allan Earl will not seek re-election next year, the 13-year jurist announced Wednesday.
Ohio’s governor on Wednesday delayed a condemned child killer’s execution to study the feasibility of allowing the man to donate his organs to ailing relatives.
A woman was arrested after police said she fatally stabbed another woman Tuesday night near the Boulevard Mall in central Las Vegas.
An inmate who had been booked on suspicion of driving under the influence apparently hanged himself in his jail cell a few hours later, according to Storey County officials.
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A news release said the strike force would involve collaboration with other agencies. Attorneys offered mixed reactions.
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.
Christian Moniz Rabino was sentenced to no more than five years’ probation after he pleaded to involuntary manslaughter in the death of Kai Tesoro.
The fourth grade teacher told police that he had a crush on his student and gave into his urges to touch the boy by grabbing his genitals, according to his arrest report.
