Nathan Chasing Horse is accused of targeting the Native American community and sexually assaulting multiple women.
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Police are investigating a double stabbing Tuesday in the central Las Vegas Valley.
Jose Aviles, 34, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Saturday, which, according to jail records, was his birthday.
Nevada Highway Patrol troopers said the former NBA player admitted to smoking marijuana before getting behind the wheel and speeding up the I-15.
The children allegedly assaulted a person sitting on a park bench in the southwest valley two years ago. The lawsuit lists the kids and their parents as defendants.
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.
A judge on Tuesday ordered a psychiatric evaluation for a 25-year-old Northern Nevada man accused of killing two couples in two homes in the rural town of Fernley and a newspaper deliveryman off an Interstate 80 exit in Sparks during the Mother’s Day weekend.
Leon Benzer, the accused mastermind of a massive scheme to take over homeowners associations in the Las Vegas Valley, told federal authorities nearly two years ago that he once consulted with Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto about his dealings.
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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.
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.
