The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a homicide in a neighborhood just south of the Arts District in downtown Las Vegas.
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Experts said District Judge Jessica Peterson’s initial restrictions amounted to an unconstitutional gag order.
Video footage from J.E. Manch Elementary School showed the aide dragging a student 30 feet down a hallway after refusing to leave a classroom, police said.
Tyler Johns, 22, is charged with murder in the Nov. 14 death of Brandon Dominguez-Chavarria.
Christian Moniz Rabino was sentenced to no more than five years’ probation after he pleaded to involuntary manslaughter in the death of Kai Tesoro.
With the future of the current police chief in limbo, the city manager has tapped former retired Metropolitan Police Department Deputy Chief Bill Conger of Las Vegas as acting police chief.
CARSON CITY — Nevada Supreme Court Justice James Hardesty made the high court’s case for enhanced security Wednesday, telling lawmakers there are serious security issues not being addressed with the current limited protection by Capitol Police.
Patricia Martinelli-Price never figured her unsettled 21-month dispute with the Las Vegas Township constable’s office over an impounded Mercedes would end up on YouTube.
A Nye County Sheriff’s deputy has been fired and other law enforcement officers were disciplined after an inmate in the county’s Pahrump detention facility was shocked multiple times with a stun gun while he was shackled and in handcuffs.
A woman was critically wounded late Tuesday afternoon after being stabbed in the back, Las Vegas police said.
The rocky relationship between the city of Henderson and Chris Milam ended with little drama Tuesday as the Texas developer agreed to bow out of a federal land deal and never again do business in the city.
A path is clearing for the U.S. Senate to evaluate Jennifer Dorsey, nominated by President Barack Obama to become a Nevada federal judge.
The mother and stepfather of 7-year-old Roderick “RJ” Arrington on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to charges related to the boy’s death in December.
A conservative policy institute is blaming Metropolitan Police Department budget problems on high salaries.
Citing the potential of tainting the jury, a state court judge told prosecutors Tuesday not to refer to the Hells Angels or Vagos as motorcycle gangs during an upcoming trial for suspects in a shootout at a Northern Nevada casino.
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Antwone Washington was a coach and campus security officer before he was accused of having a sexual relationship with a student.
The defendant, accused of wielding a machete, was shot by a constable and appeared in court with his face bloody and bandaged.
Nathan Chasing Horse is accused of sexually assaulting multiple alleged victims. He appeared in “Dances With Wolves” as Smiles a Lot.
The Metropolitan Police Department provided more details about a pair of January police shootings.
