Police say there might be additional victims of a man taken into custody Tuesday on charges related to child sexual assault.
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A 55-year-old man arrested in connection with the investigation into a possible biological laboratory in an east Las Vegas house appeared in federal court.
That morning, police received a call from a 7-year-old boy who said his mother was hurt and needed help, according to a police report.
William “Bill” Carns, a former Nye County Republican Central Committee chairman, was arrested last weekend by the Nye County Sheriff’s Office on multiple offenses.
A man who took a child hostage died after being shot by police but not before he killed the boy, authorities said.
A Las Vegas police officer under investigation for the videotaped beating of a man in March violated several Metropolitan Police Department policies, an internal investigation found.
Former Clark County Commissioner Lance Malone took another step toward freedom Friday when he severed his ties with the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Arizona authorities allege former NBA basketball player Samaki Walker tried to eat marijuana as a Department of Public Safety officer approached his 2002 Mercedes-Benz following a routine traffic stop in Kingman on Thursday.
The lawyer for a man accused of beating and stabbing his cellmate to death Friday at the county jail questioned why authorities didn’t segregate his mentally ill client.
Nevada Federal Credit Union denied Thursday claims of copyright and trademark infringement made in a lawsuit filed in district court in Minnesota.
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A man who took a child hostage died after being shot by police but not before he killed the boy, authorities said.
Vaughn Griffith, a former Alexander Dawson School student, faces one felony charge in connection with an April 2025 attack involving classmates, records show.
Law enforcement leaders said they arrested one man in connection with an alleged illegal biological laboratory in the east Las Vegas Valley.
The teen’s attorney said he was agreeing to a three- to 15-year prison sentence. The victim’s family called that range unfair.
