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Police Department recognizes officers’ valor

More than three dozens officers were honored Wednesday during the Metropolitan Police Department’s Commendation Ceremony. Five officers received the agency’s “highest honor,” the Medal of Valor.

Police say man admits accidentally killing friend

A 19-year-old man turned himself in to police on Tuesday after he admitted accidentally shooting a friend and dumping her body in the desert.

Girl tells police abuse by officer began in 2008

Garrett Vandereecken, a Las Vegas police officer charged with sexually abusing an underage girl, said he was “the one chasing the bad guys and now is the bad guy” during a tense confrontation with the victim’s father last year, according to a police report. The girl told police the abuse began in 2008 on a Memorial Day camping trip when she was 11 years old. She is now 15.

Dog that killed 1-year-old gets temporary reprieve

The Nevada Supreme Court has ordered a stay of execution for the dog that killed a 1-year-old Henderson boy. The stops city animal control officials from euthanizing Onion before lawyers fighting to spare him can ask District Judge Joanna Kishner to revisit the case.

Police officer arrested on charge of lewdness with minor

A Las Vegas police officer was arrested Tuesday on a recommended felony charge of lewdness with a minor under 14. Police said Garrett Vandereecken, 43, was being investigated by his own department’s Juvenile Sexual Abuse Detail.