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Firefighter pleads not guilty in wife’s death

A Las Vegas firefighter charged with hiring a homeless man for $600 to kill his estranged wife told a district judge he was not guilty Thursday. A few hours later the hired killer, Noel “Greyhound” Stevens, told Judge Jerry Tao he was guilty of beating to death Shauna Tiaffay with a hammer in September and George Tiaffay hired him to do it.

Axe-wielding man held after chasing stranger in Las Vegas

A man who chased a stranger on a street with an axe before barricading himself in an apartment Thursday morning has been arrested, according to Las Vegas police.

Sex trafficking horror revealed

The signs that her youngest daughter was a prostitute couldn’t have been more obvious, although she didn’t make the connection at the time.

Medical supplier pleads guilty in kickback scheme

Months after a federal magistrate tossed out Anil Mathur’s claims of government misconduct and refused to dismiss an indictment against him, the Las Vegas medical supplier abruptly ended his fight and pleaded guilty in federal court to a single felony count of offering and paying remuneration.

Sheriff satisfied with new fact-finding process for police shootings

Sheriff Doug Gillespie on Wednesday said he’s satisfied with a new fact-finding process to examine what happened in officer-involved shootings after police have been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing.

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