Two people have been arrested in connection with a double homicide that occurred this month in downtown Las Vegas.
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Two men accused of attempting to rob a Summerlin man at gunpoint were shot and arrested while seeking treatment for their wounds, according to Metropolitan Police Department arrest reports.
A 27-year-old man was arrested in connection with a series of commercial burglary series that occurred throughout the Las Vegas Valley.
Police said two men face attempted murder charges after one of them, upset about the gravy he received with his order, went behind the counter to confront employees.
Las Vegas police said Jamon Hawkins, 21, was arrested Monday and booked into the San Bernardino County Detention Center to await extradition on a charge of open murder.
One female was shot and killed and another was critically wounded at a northeast valley party early Sunday morning, Las Vegas police said.
Las Vegas police have released images of a robbery suspect at a Strip casino earlier this month. A gunman robbed O’Shea’s Casino about 2:15 a.m. on Jan. 5. Police said the man entered an employee-only area in the casino and demanded money.
Two newly appointed district judges in Clark County drew opponents during the filing period that ended Friday, and one of the incumbents has an unusual connection to her challenger.
Two Southern Nevada civil rights groups formally called for a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into the Metropolitan Police Department’s use of deadly force, citing a history of controversial fatal shootings and a review system that rarely holds officers accountable.
Mercy was not in the cards for a priest who stole and gambled away hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Las Vegas Catholic church. Monsignor Kevin McAuliffe will serve three years and a month in a federal prison and three years under supervision once he is released.
Walmart employee Andrew Janisky was collecting shopping carts at a Henderson store on Dec. 26 when a passenger in a vehicle asked him how to get to U.S. Highway 95.
More delays are expected in the criminal case against Dr. Dipak Desai, as his lawyers Thursday asked the Nevada Supreme Court to grant him a full-blown hearing to determine his competency to stand trial.
A defense lawyer filed court papers Thursday seeking to unseal a police affidavit that supported the court-authorized seizure of cellphones from three defendants minutes after they had pleaded not guilty in a high-profile criminal case.
After gambling away more than $300,000 of his clients’ money and pleading guilty to two counts of theft, suspended lawyer Doug Crawford on Wednesday was given a chance to avoid prison and wipe his record clean by a retiring District Court judge.
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The lawsuit suggested that former Metropolitan Police Department Capt. John Pelletier helped to cover up a 2018 sexual assault and that he kidnapped witnesses.
A Clark County Detention Center inmate who was found dead inside a cell with an imprisoned Discovery Channel reality show star has been identified.
Metro Lt. Robert Price said a man was shot and killed during an argument with an group of people who then fled the scene. Their whereabouts are currently unknown, Price said.
A son killed both his mother and father in the east Las Vegas Valley according to a release from the Metropolitan Police Department.
