A news release said the strike force would involve collaboration with other agencies. Attorneys offered mixed reactions.
Crime
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The Nevada Department of Corrections announced two inmate deaths on Wednesday: one at Southern Desert Correctional Center and one at High Desert State Prison.
Michael McKee, 39, was arrested Saturday by police in Rockford, Illinois, and remains in custody at the Winnebago County Justice Center, according to Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office online records.
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.
A man was found dead Tuesday night at a business south of the Arts District.
Samuel Powers, 24, was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for setting fire to a sports center for autistic children. Powers pleaded guilty in July to arson and one count of possession of unregistered firearms — Molotov cocktails.
A 6-year-old is in critical condition after being struck by a car in the southwest valley Thursday night, according to Las Vegas police.
Las Vegas police arrested a 26-year-old man Tuesday in connection with the drowning of his 2-year-old daughter.
A 96-year-old man was attacked and robbed at Sunset Station Wednesday afternoon, Henderson police said.
Las Vegas police on Thursday released surveillance video from a police shooting earlier this month where an unarmed man was shot in a 7-Eleven.
There was a princess and a monster and a very small bunny rabbit in the courtroom on Thursday, so the Fairy Godmother waved her wand from upon the bench and recited the magical words. “It is hereby ordered and declared,” she said, and so it was done.
A woman was hospitalized after being stabbed Thursday morning in a domestic incident near H Street and Owens Avenue.
Nurse anesthetist Keith Mathahs was sentenced to 28 to 72 months in prison Thursday for his role in the 2007 hepatitis C outbreak. Marshals handcuffed Mathahs and led him out of the courtroom after he was sentenced.
The lunch crowd went silent. Knives and forks stopped clinking. People stopped eating. A few bowed their heads in embarrassment. The teenager in front of them broke out crying, telling them how her mother pimped her out on the mean streets of Las Vegas and how she eventually contracted HIV.
The ACLU of Nevada has filed a legal brief supporting a challenge to Nevada’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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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.
Antwone Washington was a coach and campus security officer before he was accused of having a sexual relationship with a student.
Edgar Flores, D-Las Vegas, was arrested on suspicion of DUI after he was found asleep at a traffic light on North Lamb and East Lake Mead boulevards at 4 a.m. on Sept. 12, according to police.
The defendant, accused of wielding a machete, was shot by a constable and appeared in court with his face bloody and bandaged.
