Two people have been arrested in connection with a double homicide that occurred this month in downtown Las Vegas.
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Two men accused of attempting to rob a Summerlin man at gunpoint were shot and arrested while seeking treatment for their wounds, according to Metropolitan Police Department arrest reports.
A 27-year-old man was arrested in connection with a series of commercial burglary series that occurred throughout the Las Vegas Valley.
Police said two men face attempted murder charges after one of them, upset about the gravy he received with his order, went behind the counter to confront employees.
Las Vegas police said Jamon Hawkins, 21, was arrested Monday and booked into the San Bernardino County Detention Center to await extradition on a charge of open murder.
The law enforcement academy that began with Las Vegas Constable John Bonaventura’s blessing is no longer certified, putting a class of 13 cadets in the middle of training in jeopardy.
When the first officer arrived at the scene of a domestic violence call that would spark a 24-hour standoff with SWAT in the southeast valley late Monday night, he was met by a 10-year-old girl carrying a pistol and a shotgun-wielding man asking for help.
A 51-year-old man was indicted Wednesday in connection with the theft of $147,000 in diamonds and other items from a Las Vegas jewelry store.
A 13-year-old student was sexually assaulted at knife point after being taken from Woodbury Middle School early Wednesday morning, according to Las Vegas police.
Las Vegas police have arrested a second suspect accused of robbery while posing as a Mormon missionary.
A local middle school teacher and basketball coach was arrested and charged with misdemeanor lewdness charges alleging he inappropriately touched female students, authorities said.
A federal judge Tuesday temporarily blocked an agreement to eliminate the Joint Operating Agreement between the Las Vegas Review-Journal and Las Vegas Sun by at least a week.
A two-vehicle crash injured one person and shut down a section of Bonanza Road next to Interstate 15.
The man charged with killing a California highway patrolman and another man after a carjacking on the Strip had a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit, prosecutors said.
The District Attorney’s office will drop misdemeanor graffiti charges against five people who chalked up city sidewalks while protesting police misconduct.
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The lawsuit suggested that former Metropolitan Police Department Capt. John Pelletier helped to cover up a 2018 sexual assault and that he kidnapped witnesses.
A Clark County Detention Center inmate who was found dead inside a cell with an imprisoned Discovery Channel reality show star has been identified.
Metro Lt. Robert Price said a man was shot and killed during an argument with an group of people who then fled the scene. Their whereabouts are currently unknown, Price said.
A son killed both his mother and father in the east Las Vegas Valley according to a release from the Metropolitan Police Department.
