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.
A defamation lawsuit filed last year by Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada against Wynn Resorts Ltd., company CEO Steve Wynn and some of its executives has been dismissed by a Tokyo District Court.
A member of the Playboy Bloods street gang was sentenced Tuesday to life in federal prison for participating in a 2004 retaliation murder and an earlier armed robbery of a Henderson casino.
Norma Sattiewhite takes comfort knowing that her son died while trying to save others. Kenneth Brown, 40, was shot early Monday morning as he left Drai’s After Hours nightclub inside Bally’s on the Strip.
A 25-year-old was arrested Monday in connection to an August shooting at an apartment complex.
Former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss was arrested in Nye County after police said they caught her driving under the influence of marijuana early Tuesday morning, just two days before a scheduled court appearance on charges related to a marijuana grow operation discovered at her Pahrump home earlier this year.
A “heroic” act from a brave citizen Monday morning may have saved lives after a gunman opened fire in a Strip casino.
A woman is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle in west Las Vegas Monday night.
Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center and its director of pharmacy, Wilson Chu, purchased a contaminated cardiac drug from an unaccredited compounding pharmacy that ultimately led to the 2012 deaths of two Las Vegas children, two lawsuits filed in U.S. District Court allege.
Police are investigating the shooting deaths of two people Sunday night.
SPARKS – A Sparks Middle School math teacher who was killed Monday while trying to stop a shooter was being remembered as a hero.
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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.
