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 federal judge Friday convicted Paul Wommer, a criminal defense lawyer and former prosecutor, on three charges of unlawfully structuring more than $138,000 in financial transactions in 2010.
Lyon County sheriff’s deputies have arrested five suspects in a break-in at the Women’s Conservation Camp in Silver Springs.
A senior correctional officer with the state of Nevada has had his firing upheld for neglect of duty when an inmate under his watch committed suicide.
Clark County prosecutors said a U.S. marshal acted lawfully in the shooting death of an Arizona fugitive last year.
Former Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks has been indicted on a felony firearms charge stemming from an arrest in January in North Las Vegas that began a spiral leading to his expulsion from the Legislature.
Ammar Harris, the self-proclaimed pimp who once flashed stacks of $100 bills, said Wednesday he couldn’t afford to hire an attorney.
An accountant for Richard Suen justified the $328 million fee Suen claims Las Vegas Sands Corp. owes him but lavished the company with praise Wednesday.
Lawyers for Harvey Whittemore filed court papers Wednesday opposing the government’s effort to seal a defense motion that made public a 2008 FBI investigation into ties between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the indicted former power broker.
A man was arrested Monday in connection with an arson that occurred at Sport-Social, a south valley center for autistic children.
A 43-year-old Mesquite man is being held without bail in the Clark County Detention Center, facing two charges of first-degree murder and another of holding an eyewitness to one killing against her will.
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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.
