Tyler Johns, 22, is charged with murder in the Nov. 14 death of Brandon Dominguez-Chavarria.
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Christian Moniz Rabino was sentenced to no more than five years’ probation after he pleaded to involuntary manslaughter in the death of Kai Tesoro.
The fourth grade teacher told police that he had a crush on his student and gave into his urges to touch the boy by grabbing his genitals, according to his arrest report.
A man accused of stealing a construction vehicle from a worksite in Henderson and ramming it into two police SUVs earlier this month was appointed a public defender on Tuesday.
Antwone Washington was a coach and campus security officer before he was accused of having a sexual relationship with a student.
The family of Alice Alava, the 78-year-old woman who struck three young girls in a North Las Vegas crosswalk last month, issued a statement to the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Friday.
Steve Wynn’s 5-year-old tip-pooling program, which forces card dealers to share gratuities with their supervisors, violates Nevada law, a state District Court judge has ruled.
A judge on Thursday rejected a legal attempt by five Nevada Highway Patrol troopers to stop the revamped coroner’s inquest from going forward.
North Las Vegas police announced Thursday afternoon that three misdemeanor charges are being recommended against Alice Alava, a Henderson resident who drove the car that killed a 6-year-old girl and severely injured two other girls on Oct. 21.
Businessman Leon Benzer and construction defects attorney Nancy Quon were the brains behind a massive scheme to profit from the takeover of Las Vegas Valley homeowners associations, a former property management company employee alleged in court Thursday.
A man was hit and killed by a train in North Las Vegas at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
A Las Vegas police gang crimes officer fired his weapon at a suspect and missed Wednesday night. The gang unit was on routine patrol and stopped two people who then fled near Edmond Street and Flamingo Road. Police said an officer fired one shot after one of the men showed “some sort of movement” while running away.
Dr. Conrad Murray’s felony conviction for involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson could stop him from obtaining a medical license to practice again in Nevada.
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The defendant, accused of wielding a machete, was shot by a constable and appeared in court with his face bloody and bandaged.
The Metropolitan Police Department provided more details about a pair of January police shootings.
Between that case and another filed early December, 46-year-old Christopher Cohen now faces a total of 13 charges.
Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man accused of burglarizing a home in Summerlin in December.
