The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a homicide in a neighborhood just south of the Arts District in downtown Las Vegas.
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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.
Two bounty hunters impersonated police officers and robbed two exotic dancers while trying to apprehend a pimp on Friday, Las Vegas police said.
Zachary Battista survived his Fremont Street experience — barely. The 19-year-old’s heart stopped twice and he needed about 15 pints of blood after he was stabbed in the chest by a homeless man early Sunday morning at Fremont Street and 4th Street, the center of downtown’s Las Vegas bustling entertainment district.
The Nevada Supreme Court has launched a free mobile device application for both Android and Apple products which will allow access briefs, motions, orders and opinions.
A Las Vegas police officer did not use excessive force in 2008 when he fatally shot a schizophrenic man wielding two knives, a federal jury ruled Monday.
The city of Las Vegas shut down James Gay Park after several vagrants got into a fight that led to the stabbing of a woman Friday night, police said Saturday.
Washoe County has paid $75,000 to settle a civil case involving a college student who claimed a sheriff’s deputy “manhandled” her and used excessive force during an arrest at Lake Tahoe.
Laura A. Bucheit has been named special agent in charge of the FBI’s Las Vegas Division.
“Who killed Chrissy?” is the question Beverly Simcic explores in her book about a friend’s mysterious death in Las Vegas more than 30 years ago.
A man is in critical condition after being stabbed in downtown Las Vegas early Sunday morning.
The homicide rate for older children and young adults has hit its lowest point in at least three decades, but the decline has been slowing, according to a new government report.
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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.
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The Metropolitan Police Department provided more details about a pair of January police shootings.
