Police say there might be additional victims of a man taken into custody Tuesday on charges related to child sexual assault.
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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.
A man who took a child hostage died after being shot by police but not before he killed the boy, authorities said.
One of the seven hepatitis C victims in the criminal case against Dr. Dipak Desai has died of complications from the virus in the Philippines.
A Las Vegas man who illegally sold firearms for a Navy SEAL was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison in the federal arms trafficking case.
Prospect Airport Services agreed to pay $75,000 to settle a decade-old sexual harassment claim.
A weeklong hearing in Clark County District Court over a stalled effort to turn entertainer Wayne Newton’s Las Vegas estate into a theme park launched Monday with claims of death threats flying in all directions.
The Nevada Supreme Court unanimously upheld the burglary and grand larceny conviction of a man sentenced for stealing gambling chips and other crimes even though detectives named the wrong casino when they questioned him.
Clark County constables cannot serve legal papers outside of the jurisdictions where they were elected, according to a District Court ruling.
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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.
