The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a homicide in a neighborhood just south of the Arts District in downtown Las Vegas.
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Experts said District Judge Jessica Peterson’s initial restrictions amounted to an unconstitutional gag order.
Video footage from J.E. Manch Elementary School showed the aide dragging a student 30 feet down a hallway after refusing to leave a classroom, police said.
Tyler Johns, 22, is charged with murder in the Nov. 14 death of Brandon Dominguez-Chavarria.
Christian Moniz Rabino was sentenced to no more than five years’ probation after he pleaded to involuntary manslaughter in the death of Kai Tesoro.
Grammy-winning pop singer and songwriter Bruno Mars has completed a year of probation stemming from his 2010 drug bust at the Hard Rock Hotel. Clark County District Judge Jessie Walsh dismissed the case Wednesday after learning Mars had fulfilled all of his sentencing obligations, including more than 200 hours of community service.
Diana Perry plays back the worst night of her life over and over in her head, recalling the moments before her 17-year-old girlfriend died in her arms from a stray bullet early Sunday. They were dancing the night away at a party. Then she was kneeling on the floor, holding the hand of Betty “Jay” Pinkney, who convulsed and gasped for air.
Assemblywoman April Mastroluca blasted the state Board of Pharmacy on Tuesday for failing to move quickly to outlaw so-called “bath salts,” or crystal methamphetamine-type synthetic drugs that are killing people around the country. The drugs, which can be bouth at some convenience stores and head shops, carry names like plant food, K2, Mamba, Vanilla Sky, Ocean Burst and Ivory Wave.
A Henderson teenager who participated in a paintball shooting spree must remain in custody while awaiting his sentencing hearing, a Juvenile Court judge ruled Tuesday. Defense attorney Mark Anderson described Christian Melton, 16, as “a really good kid who did some bad things.” Anderson noted that Melton’s 18-year-old co-defendant, Robert Lockwood, was released on his own recognizance last week.
Brandon Oravetz, 27, has been sentenced to 18 to 45 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges stemming from the April 2010 slaying of his former lover. Oravetz in November pleaded guilty but mentally ill to second-degree murder and armed robbery for the death of Roger Dayag Galapon, 39. He was sentenced Jan. 11.
Andrew Mendoza has been sentenced to 16 to 54 years in prison for the 2010 beating death of his 3-month-old son Angel. Mendoza in December pleaded guilty to six counts of child abuse. As part of a plea deal, prosecutors dropped a murder charge.
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Antwone Washington was a coach and campus security officer before he was accused of having a sexual relationship with a student.
The defendant, accused of wielding a machete, was shot by a constable and appeared in court with his face bloody and bandaged.
Nathan Chasing Horse is accused of sexually assaulting multiple alleged victims. He appeared in “Dances With Wolves” as Smiles a Lot.
The Metropolitan Police Department provided more details about a pair of January police shootings.
