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Officer on leave after shooting man on Strip

An off-duty Las Vegas police detective is on paid administrative leave after he shot a man outside Excalibur hotel-casino on the Strip.

 
Holder goes after mandatory federal drug sentences

Attorney General Eric Holder announced a major shift Monday in federal sentencing policies, targeting long mandatory terms that he said have flooded the nation’s prisons with low-level drug offenders and diverted crime-fighting dollars that could be far better spent.

Police seek suspect in J Street homicide

Las Vegas police are searching for a suspect in a Sunday night fatal shooting of a man on J Street, near Owens Avenue.

Bail increased for hit-and-run suspect

Bail was increased Monday for the woman accused of driving her car into eight people outside a church on Thursday and fleeing the scene.

Fact-finding review in officer-involved shooting set for Wednesday

A fact-finding review of the October 2012 death of Ronald Morrison will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday, aired live on Clark County Television and streamed over the county Internet site at www.ClarkCountyNV.gov.

Pedestrian error contributes to fatal crashes

Of the 29 pedestrians killed as of Aug. 4 this year within the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Police Department, pedestrian error was the leading cause 83 percent of the time.

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