The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a homicide in a neighborhood just south of the Arts District in downtown Las Vegas.
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Experts said District Judge Jessica Peterson’s initial restrictions amounted to an unconstitutional gag order.
Video footage from J.E. Manch Elementary School showed the aide dragging a student 30 feet down a hallway after refusing to leave a classroom, police said.
Tyler Johns, 22, is charged with murder in the Nov. 14 death of Brandon Dominguez-Chavarria.
Christian Moniz Rabino was sentenced to no more than five years’ probation after he pleaded to involuntary manslaughter in the death of Kai Tesoro.
Despite growing pressure from news media statewide, Sparks police and their legal adviser refused again on Wednesday to release the name of the 12-year-old boy who took a handgun to Sparks Middle School on Monday, killed teacher Michael Landsberry, wounded two other students and then killed himself.
A man was stabbed to death Monday night in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area while on a camping trip with friends.
Dr. Dipak Desai faces heavy prison time at his sentencing Thursday in the criminal case stemming from the hepatitis C outbreak. State probation officers in a secret report have recommended significant time behind bars on top of a potential murder sentence of life with eligibility for parole after 10 years.
A Las Vegas police officer shot and wounded an unarmed man Monday night he mistakenly thought was a murder suspect.
Two men killed in a shooting Sunday night were identified Wednesday by the Clark County coroner’s office.
One man is in critical condition after being shot in west Las Vegas Tuesday night.
Robert Pool, a deputized attorney for Las Vegas Township Constable John Bonaventura, faces court-ordered sanctions for his handling of a lawsuit for Bonaventura.
A Henderson man shot a woman in the head Tuesday morning and claims he thought the gun was unloaded, police said.
Prosecutors asked a jury Tuesday to find a Royal Saudi Air Force sergeant guilty of charges he raped a 13-year-old boy in the bathroom of a Circus Circus hotel room on New Year’s Eve.
Police are still trying to find out why a 12-year-old boy took a handgun to Sparks Middle School Monday morning, shot two boys, killed math teacher Michael Landsberry and then shot himself to death.
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Three hours before his clients arrived at the Las Vegas Grand Prix last year, Nevada Stupak was already there, walking the route they’d take that evening. He rode the shuttle to time it. Scoped out the Paddock Club grounds. Found the spots where the light would hit just right for photos. Reserved the best table in the hospitality suite. Even talked his way into getting them front-row seats for a driver’s speech.
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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.
Nathan Chasing Horse is accused of sexually assaulting multiple alleged victims. He appeared in “Dances With Wolves” as Smiles a Lot.
