Police said a suspect held the child hostage outside a southeast valley apartment complex, pointing a gun at the boy before officers opened fire early Tuesday morning.
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Police say there might be additional victims of a man taken into custody Tuesday on charges related to child sexual assault.
A 55-year-old man arrested in connection with the investigation into a possible biological laboratory in an east Las Vegas house appeared in federal court.
That morning, police received a call from a 7-year-old boy who said his mother was hurt and needed help, according to a police report.
William “Bill” Carns, a former Nye County Republican Central Committee chairman, was arrested last weekend by the Nye County Sheriff’s Office on multiple offenses.
New Year’s Eve revelers on the Strip and Fremont Street mostly behaved Monday night with only 16 arrests reported at the two locations, according to Las Vegas police.
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A man who took a child hostage died after being shot by police but not before he killed the boy, authorities said.
Vaughn Griffith, a former Alexander Dawson School student, faces one felony charge in connection with an April 2025 attack involving classmates, records show.
Law enforcement leaders said they arrested one man in connection with an alleged illegal biological laboratory in the east Las Vegas Valley.
The teen’s attorney said he was agreeing to a three- to 15-year prison sentence. The victim’s family called that range unfair.
