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.
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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.
California Highway Patrol troopers arrested the 21-year-old one day after police say he shot and killed a man in the central valley. Now, he’s an inmate at the Clark County Detention Center.
In June 1996, Andre Rowe sat in a packed hearing room listening to testimony about the night his father was killed by Las Vegas police officer George “Gregg” Pease, who was in the position of having to explain his third fatal shooting in five years.
Police shootings make headlines. Far more common incidents when an officer would be justified in using deadly force, but elects not to, seldom get much attention.
A Review-Journal examination of all police shootings in Clark County since 1990 found that cops who use their guns sometimes show a pattern of questionable behavior beforehand or land in serious trouble after.
Frequently asked questions about the use of deadly force by law enforcement agencies
A man was found dead Saturday morning after a botched robbery ended in gunfire near Nellis and Lake Mead boulevards, Las Vegas police said.
A five-part special report begins Sunday in the Las Vegas Review-Journal and online at lvrj.com. The culmination of a yearlong investigation covering more than two decades of officer-involved shootings in Clark County, the series will analyze the systemic issues that help determine when, where, how and why police shootings happen — and what can be done to limit them. The Review-Journal investigation includes staff-produced online documentaries, a searchable database of all police shootings since 1990, an archive of original documents, videotaped re-enactments by police and other interactive features.
A homeless man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after he caught fire Thursday night.
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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.
