Antwone Washington was a coach and campus security officer before he was accused of having a sexual relationship with a student.
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A 25-page complaint alleges the City of North Las Vegas, its police department and jail employees or contractors failed to protect the inmate from the known risk of exposure to fentanyl.
Edgar Flores, D-Las Vegas, was arrested on suspicion of DUI after he was found asleep at a traffic light on North Lamb and East Lake Mead boulevards at 4 a.m. on Sept. 12, according to police.
The defendant, accused of wielding a machete, was shot by a constable and appeared in court with his face bloody and bandaged.
Terry Sylvanie was arrested Dec. 19, and Las Vegas police said he was on house arrest last week.
Las Vegas police are investigating the slaying of a male victim near Decatur Boulevard and Vegas Drive. Homicide Lt. Ray Steiber said Thursday night the victim had been fatally shot.
Henderson Mayor Andy Hafen expressed remorse Thursday over what happened to Adam Greene, the man who was in diabetic shock when city police beat and kicked him during a traffic stop in October 2010.
FBI agents fanned out across the state Thursday serving grand jury subpoenas in a criminal investigation into allegations longtime political power broker Harvey Whittemore was involved in funneling illegal campaign contributions to federal races in Nevada, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has learned.
A 28-year-old motorcyclist who died Wednesday after crashing to avoid colliding with a sport utility vehicle in the southwest valley was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office Thursday as Osvaldo Cardenas-Amador. Cardenas-Amador was from Las Vegas, the coroner’s office said.
Former Henderson City Councilwoman Kathleen Vermillion has dropped the lawsuit she filed three weeks ago against Clark County and Commissioner Steve Sisolak.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. board member and largest stockholder Kazuo Okada will get his chance to examine normally confidential company documents, but his win comes with a large asterisk.
District Judge Donald Mosley, who has been presiding over Dr. Dipak Desai’s criminal case the past 18 months, is retiring on March 2, just 10 days before the scheduled trial.
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Three hours before his clients arrived at the Las Vegas Grand Prix last year, Nevada Stupak was already there, walking the route they’d take that evening. He rode the shuttle to time it. Scoped out the Paddock Club grounds. Found the spots where the light would hit just right for photos. Reserved the best table in the hospitality suite. Even talked his way into getting them front-row seats for a driver’s speech.
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The Metropolitan Police Department provided more details about a pair of January police shootings.
Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man accused of burglarizing a home in Summerlin in December.
Police said T’Shawn Allen, 27, stole hundreds of dollars from businesses such as Pink Box Donuts, Buffalo Wild Wings, and Pretty Soul Kitchen and caused potentially thousands in damages over a two-day theft spree.
Devyn Michaels was found guilty by a jury after a sensational trial in November. The victim was her on-and-off boyfriend.
