Nearly five months after the shooting, the Metropolitan Police Department arrested Alexander Johnson, citing new evidence showed he had misrepresented the events leading up to the shooting.
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Frederick Blanche pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges in December and agreed to a long sentence.
Police said they received reports of a shooting in the 1800 block of Lewis Avenue. One man died at the scene and another died at a hospital.
Police investigated an incident in which a man was struck by a vehicle and a “blunt object” during an altercation in a Las Vegas neighborhood.
Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield was ordered held without bond at his first court appearance Wednesday, a day after turning himself in to face charges of child sex abuseBusfield has vowed to fight the charges.
One man died and a woman was injured after being shot at the Mayan Club in Las Vegas early Friday morning, according to police.
A 20-year-old motorcyclist died Thursday when he was thrown from his bike and hit a light pole, Henderson police said.
Pandemonium erupted as up to 400 rival soccer fans clashed during El Super Clasico pregame festivities Wednesday night, drawing more than 120 police officers to the scene and sending at least six people to the hospital.
A 33-year-old Las Vegas man was sentenced to 11½ years in prison for robbing a local jewelry store using a handgun stolen from his police officer brother, federal authorities said.
An inmate who died after being restrained by Clark County jail guards nearly four months ago was suffocated, medical examiners ruled Wednesday.
The death of Luis Solano, 38, was ruled a homicide from “complications of positional asphyxia” from restraint procedures.
One person was shot in the head after an apparent robbery in the 1800 block of J Street Wednesday afternoon. The person was transported to the hospital, according to Lt. John Pelletier.
A woman was arrested Monday after she tried lighting another woman’s car on fire in a fight over a man, according to Las Vegas police.
The fate of Onion the dog is now in the hands of the Nevada Supreme Court after a subdued and unemotional 50-minute hearing Wednesday that was in stark contrast to the public outcry over the controversy.
A retired Las Vegas deputy police chief was arrested Tuesday evening after an apparent drunken fight with an off-duty North Las Vegas police captain.
A woman was found dead in a pool Wednesday morning by a pool service employee, according to police.
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A news release said the strike force would involve collaboration with other agencies. Attorneys offered mixed reactions.
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.
Christian Moniz Rabino was sentenced to no more than five years’ probation after he pleaded to involuntary manslaughter in the death of Kai Tesoro.
