A news release said the strike force would involve collaboration with other agencies. Attorneys offered mixed reactions.
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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.
Clark County commissioners on Tuesday approved a contract for renovation of the Clark County Detention Center’s north tower.
Another sequel to More Cops is about to make a debut. Clark County commissioners introduced Commissioner Tom Collins’ proposed More Cops sales tax increase on Tuesday.
The state prisons population has not shown much growth even though crime is on the rise in Clark County, Nevada’s corrections director told members of the state Board of Prison Commissioners on Tuesday.
Henderson police officers involved in the November shooting death of Justin Hoey acted lawfully, Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said Tuesday.
A Las Vegas judge slapped a no-contact order on a California ex-convict charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl after prosecutors said they learned he found the victim’s home address and plotted to kill her with another inmate.
A teenage boy testified Monday he just wanted to buy some marijuana when he was raped by a Royal Saudi Air Force sergeant in the bathroom of a Circus Circus hotel room on New Year’s Eve.
Nellis Air Force Base officers will proceed Tuesday with prosecuting and defending one of their own for alleged sex abuse.
PAHRUMP — Nye County’s embattled tax assessor on Monday denied allegations of evidence tampering in an ongoing grand jury probe in Las Vegas.
A man who admitted to indecent exposure acts and might have also rode a skateboard naked through parks has been arrested by Henderson police.
The North Las Vegas man who shot his wife and then killed himself after a domestic dispute Saturday has been identified.
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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.
