The pedestrian’s death marks the first traffic-related fatality for Metro in 2026.
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A pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run crash on New Year’s Eve in the southeast Las Vegas Valley, according to police.
Two people have been arrested in connection with a double homicide that occurred this month in downtown Las Vegas.
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.
A former youth soccer coach who was accused of raping a team member has been sentenced to at least 23 years in prison.
A former process server showed no emotion Wednesday as a court clerk read guilty verdict after guilty verdict in his capital murder case.
Federal prosecutors rested their case Wednesday in the illegal campaign contribution trial of former power broker Harvey Whittemore.
Clark County prosecutors have charged a third University of California, Berkeley law student in connection with the October beheading of an exotic bird on the Strip.
A request for a mistrial from Dr. Dipak Desai’s defense attorney was not granted. Desai, 63, and co-defender, nurse anesthetist Ronald Lakeman, 65, face more than two dozen charges in relation to a 2007 hepatitis C outbreak that infected six patients. A seventh contaminated patient died.
An FBI agent was shot while trying to arrest a suspect wanted in connection with a homicide in the 1700 block of Karen Avenue late Tuesday.
Las Vegas police were investigating a woman’s death Tuesday morning. Her body was found about 11 a.m. on the 8000 block of Green Pasture Avenue, near Lone Mountain and Cimarron roads in the northwest valley.
A teenager was hospitalized Tuesday after being struck by a vehicle that jumped the curb then left the scene, Las Vegas police said.
A viewing has been set for Thursday afternoon for Marcos Vicente Arenas, the 15-year-old killed while hanging onto his iPad during an attempted robbery last week. On the same day, the two men charged in his death will appear in Las Vegas Justice Court to argue their bail and set a preliminary hearing on murder charges.
A northwest Arizona businesswoman was sentenced Monday to 18 months in federal prison for withholding nearly $320,000 in income taxes between 2004 and 2011. Raycene Osterman is the founder and president of K-Top, Inc., the parent company for three Kiddie Korral daycare centers in the Kingman area.
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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.
