The pedestrian’s death marks the first traffic-related fatality for Metro in 2026.
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A pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run crash on New Year’s Eve in the southeast Las Vegas Valley, according to police.
Two people have been arrested in connection with a double homicide that occurred this month in downtown Las Vegas.
Two men accused of attempting to rob a Summerlin man at gunpoint were shot and arrested while seeking treatment for their wounds, according to Metropolitan Police Department arrest reports.
A 27-year-old man was arrested in connection with a series of commercial burglary series that occurred throughout the Las Vegas Valley.
The grass-roots community organizing group ACORN on Wednesday entered a guilty plea to one count of felony compensation for registration of voters. The organization, which is in Chapter 7 bankruptcy, faces a maximum $5,000 fine.
Wearing his late nephew’s high school varsity jacket, Ron Portaro stood Wednesday night in a parking lot on North Tenaya Way where the 22-year-old was gunned down and where police planned to conduct voluntary traffic checkpoints in a search for witnesses.
Las Vegas police officers involved in Sunday’s fatal officer-involved shooting were identified Wednesday.
Mortgage lenders who try to foreclose on distressed Nevada homeowners received a message Tuesday when the Nevada Supreme Court heard a trio of appeals related to its Foreclosure Mediation Program: Follow the rules or suffer the consequences. A majority of justices expressed growing frustration and even anger with lenders who don’t participate in good faith.
A 33-year-old woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of first-degree arson for setting a New Year’s Day fire that displaced 40 people and did an estimated $200,000 in damage to an apartment complex.
A man accused of child molestation was arrested Tuesday in Henderson after being profiled on “America’s Most Wanted.”
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The lawsuit suggested that former Metropolitan Police Department Capt. John Pelletier helped to cover up a 2018 sexual assault and that he kidnapped witnesses.
A Clark County Detention Center inmate who was found dead inside a cell with an imprisoned Discovery Channel reality show star has been identified.
Metro Lt. Robert Price said a man was shot and killed during an argument with an group of people who then fled the scene. Their whereabouts are currently unknown, Price said.
A son killed both his mother and father in the east Las Vegas Valley according to a release from the Metropolitan Police Department.
