The defendant, who wieleded a machete, was shot by a constable and appeared in court with his face bloody and bandaged.
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Terry Sylvanie was arrested Dec. 19, and Las Vegas police said he was on house arrest last week.
California Highway Patrol troopers arrested the 21-year-old one day after police say he shot and killed a man in the central valley. Now, he’s an inmate at the Clark County Detention Center.
Officers responded to the 5500 block of Camino Al Norte around 5 p.m. Thursday.
Nathan Chasing Horse is accused of sexually assaulting multiple alleged victims. He appeared in “Dances With Wolves” as Smiles a Lot.
A registered nurse who once worked for Dr. Dipak Desai provided damaging testimony Friday against both Desai and his co-defendant, nurse anesthetist Ronald Lakeman, in their criminal trial stemming from the hepatitis C outbreak.
A former prosecutor who had a romantic relationship with embattled Family Court Judge Steven Jones is suing the Clark County district attorney’s office in an effort to clear her name.
The sexual assault case against baseball player Jose Canseco has been dropped, Las Vegas police said Friday.
A Catholic Charities case worker faces several charges in relation to fraud.
Las Vegas police have identified the officer involved in a Tuesday afternoon shooting near downtown Las Vegas.
An accomplice to the brazen 2011 armed robbery of a Pai Gow table at the Rio is on the lam.
A North Las Vegas man was sentenced Thursday to four years in federal prison for filing false tax returns in the names of other people.
Former UNLV basketball player Patrick Savoy was arrested Wednesday night on charges for trafficking of a controlled substance.
A man alleged to have led police on a foot chase in the early Wednesday morning faces several charges, including attempted murder after he is accused of pushing a police officer over a second-story railing.
Nationally, the Internal Revenue Service has come under fire for targeting the Tea Party and other conservative political groups. Now, it’s being accused of wrongly going after one of its own in Las Vegas.
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The Metropolitan Police Department provided more details about a pair of January police shootings.
Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man accused of burglarizing a home in Summerlin in December.
Police said T’Shawn Allen, 27, stole hundreds of dollars from businesses such as Pink Box Donuts, Buffalo Wild Wings, and Pretty Soul Kitchen and caused potentially thousands in damages over a two-day theft spree.
Devyn Michaels was found guilty by a jury after a sensational trial in November. The victim was her on-and-off boyfriend.
