Frederick Blanche pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges in December and agreed to a long sentence.
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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 are investigating 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.
A news release said the strike force would involve collaboration with other agencies. Attorneys offered mixed reactions.
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The relationship between a Clark County School District teacher and her student — no more than 15 years old — was cut short by attentive parents, ending the budding relationship before it progressed past kissing, according to the arrest report of 24-year-old Amanda Brennan.
O.J. Simpson’s lead trial lawyer, Yale Galanter, was more interested in getting paid $500,000 than in properly defending his client, according to testimony at a post-conviction hearing Monday in Las Vegas.
The story told Monday by Patty Aspinwall mirrored fellow victims’ recollections about what happened to their bodies after they visited Dr. Dipak Desai’s Las Vegas endoscopy clinics.
Jury deliberations in the Richard Suen case were interrupted on Monday afternoon after one of the jurors sent Clark County District Judge Rob Bare a note asking to be kept separate from the rest of the jury.
After first saying he wanted to plead guilty in his capital murder case, Strip shooting suspect Ammar Harris reversed course at his arraignment Monday and pleaded not guilty to all charges.
A Las Vegas physician has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for income tax evasion and failing to file income tax returns, the Justice Department announced Monday.
A 33-year-old woman accused of leaving the scene of a fatal accident was arrested Sunday.
A man who died after being stabbled multiple times late Saturday has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
With all the publicity that has followed the CityCenter construction defects case, it never figured to be easy to find an impartial jury.
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A news release said the strike force would involve collaboration with other agencies. Attorneys offered mixed reactions.
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.
The fourth grade teacher told police that he had a crush on his student and gave into his urges to touch the boy by grabbing his genitals, according to his arrest report.
