Police are investigating an incident in which a man was struck by a vehicle and a “blunt object” during an altercation in a Las Vegas neighborhood.
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Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield was ordered held without bond at his first court appearance Wednesday, a day after turning himself in to face charges of child sex abuseBusfield has vowed to fight the charges.
A news release said the strike force would involve collaboration with other agencies. Attorneys offered mixed reactions.
The Nevada Department of Corrections announced two inmate deaths on Wednesday: one at Southern Desert Correctional Center and one at High Desert State Prison.
Michael McKee, 39, was arrested Saturday by police in Rockford, Illinois, and remains in custody at the Winnebago County Justice Center, according to Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office online records.
Las Vegas police are investigating a slaying at a northeast valley home Friday night. Lt. David Jacoby said police were called to the home on the 5000 block of Nellis Oasis Lane, near Nellis Boulevard and Cheyenne Avenue, at 7:22 p.m.
Javier Righetti, charged with murder in the brutal rape and killing of 15-year-old Alyssa Otremba, was expelled from Centennial High after a 2009 assault and was sentenced to one year at the juvenile prison in Caliente.
A man was killed and an officer was wounded Friday morning in a police shooting at a Walmart in southwest Las Vegas.
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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.
