The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a homicide in a neighborhood just south of the Arts District in downtown Las Vegas.
Crime
Reviewjournal.com has the latest crime news & reports for Las Vegas. Read more below for crime updates from the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
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.
The Metropolitan Police Department’s arbitration with a police union that will cost taxpayers $6.9 million more for pay and benefits for officers strayed from Nevada law throughout the process, according to a review completed by Clark County’s legal counsel, Mary-Anne Miller.
For the first time in Las Vegas police history, an officer has been fired for an on-duty police shooting.
The military judge presiding in the sexual abuse and assault court-martial of a Nellis Air Force Base major excused all but four of the 11 officers who were detailed to serve as court members, or jurors, leaving the panel one shy of a quorum to proceed with the trial Wednesday.
A baggage handler arrested after dry ice bombs exploded at Los Angeles International Airport planted the devices as a prank, police said Wednesday.
Johnny Ray Taylor, who led a lavish lifestyle as a pimp while evading taxes and collecting government disability benefits, was sentenced Wednesday to 25 months in prison.
A University of California, Berkeley law school graduate who beheaded an exotic bird at a Strip hotel last year was sent to a prison boot camp on Tuesday as part of a plea deal he hopes will eventually drop his felony conviction to a misdemeanor.
Two former Sunrise Hospital nurses fired in connection with the July 2, 2010, death of 2-month-old Miowne Obote will not be prosecuted and police have closed the case, according to court documents.
The former president of the infamous Hells Angels motorcycle club’s local chapter pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting rival gang members at a downtown wedding chapel in 2008.
Two members of a notorious family that authorities say once tried to set up a whites-only nation in America were arrested this week in Arizona on federal firearms charges after a raid on a sprawling ranch netted dozens of weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition.
William S. Reed, a convicted key player in a multimillion-dollar scheme to help people hide assets from the Internal Revenue Service, was sentenced Tuesday to 108 months in federal prison.
Partnered Content
Meet Peter and Anthony – very friendly and outgoing brothers that are like two peas in a pod. They are ready to find their forever home! These amazing kids are looking for a family to love them unconditionally.
LISTEN TO THE TOP FIVE HERE
Antwone Washington was a coach and campus security officer before he was accused of having a sexual relationship with a student.
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.
The Metropolitan Police Department provided more details about a pair of January police shootings.
