Several longtime judges did not move to retain their District Court seat in this year’s election by the filing deadline.
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Nearly five months after the shooting, the Metropolitan Police Department arrested Alexander Johnson, citing new evidence showed he had misrepresented the events leading up to the shooting.
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.
Police investigated an incident in which a man was struck by a vehicle and a “blunt object” during an altercation in a Las Vegas neighborhood.
The first on-duty officer shooting of the year in North Las Vegas was prompted by a call about a suicidal man, a department official said Monday.
A 52-year-old man was wounded during an on-duty shooting inside a home Sunday night, North Las Vegas police said.
CARSON CITY — Assemblyman Steven Brooks might soon suffer the ultimate political loss if he is found unfit for office by his peers, but he isn’t the only victim of his own recent erratic behavior.
ELKO — A former prostitute accused of attacking another woman with a claw hammer in an Elko County brothel has been bound over for trial on an attempted murder charge.
Another hung jury has resulted in the second mistrial for a former editor for Guns & Ammo who shot and killed a neighbor during a drunken argument in the northwest Arizona community of Golden Valley.
No amount of money is ever going to bring his 7-year-old son back to life.
A man convicted of a mortgage fraud scheme faces up to 30 years in prison and $1 million in fines, according to the Department of Justice.
It would have taken a miracle to save 7-year-old Roderick “RJ” Arrington when he was taken to University Medical Center Nov. 29, according to medical testimony during a preliminary hearing in his mother and stepfather’s murder case.
Nevada Chief Justice Kristina Pickering told state legislators Friday that budget cuts imposed on the courts nationally and in the state are causing economic losses as businesses and citizens face delays in resolving disputes.
The stabbing of a California tourist in an elevator at The Hotel at Mandalay Bay last month was described as vicious and severe by police.
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Frederick Blanche pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges in December and agreed to a long sentence.
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.
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.
