The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a homicide in a neighborhood just south of the Arts District in downtown Las Vegas.
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Experts said District Judge Jessica Peterson’s initial restrictions amounted to an unconstitutional gag order.
Video footage from J.E. Manch Elementary School showed the aide dragging a student 30 feet down a hallway after refusing to leave a classroom, police said.
Tyler Johns, 22, is charged with murder in the Nov. 14 death of Brandon Dominguez-Chavarria.
Christian Moniz Rabino was sentenced to no more than five years’ probation after he pleaded to involuntary manslaughter in the death of Kai Tesoro.
A 17-year-old accused of DUI in a wrong-way Las Vegas crash that killed a 10-year-old boy will be tried as an adult after a judge’s ruling Tuesday.
Parents of an armed Black Lives Matter protester shot to death by police testified Monday that the loss of their son has left a void.
Israeli cyber official Tom Alexandrovich pleads not guilty to U.S. child sting charges; defense seeks federal evidence before March trial begins.
A woman accused of fatally shooting her model friend during a photo shoot was “disgusted” that the victim had been calling her his girlfriend, a witness to the killing told a grand jury.
Officers responded early Sunday morning to the intersection of Cheyenne Avenue and North Fifth Street, where they found a man suffering from critical injuries, according to police
Officers in North Las Vegas were dispatched to a shooting call Friday night in the 4500 block of Anspach Street.
Henderson Police Department officers were called to an area just southeast of Boulder Highway at about 9:30 a.m. on Friday, according to the spokesperson.
The Mafia’s presence in Las Vegas, and other large American cities have been long documented and romanticized, and seeing its resurgence in 2025 shouldn’t be surprising, according to an expert.
A North Las Vegas man suspected in multiple shootings around the valley shot at the window of a Strip hotel room in September, according to a police report.
A second man charged in a federal probe into rigged poker and sports betting schemes involving former NBA players and members of Mafia families has ties to Las Vegas, according to court records.
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Antwone Washington was a coach and campus security officer before he was accused of having a sexual relationship with a student.
Edgar Flores, D-Las Vegas, was arrested on suspicion of DUI after he was found asleep at a traffic light on North Lamb and East Lake Mead boulevards at 4 a.m. on Sept. 12, according to police.
The defendant, accused of wielding a machete, was shot by a constable and appeared in court with his face bloody and bandaged.
Nathan Chasing Horse is accused of sexually assaulting multiple alleged victims. He appeared in “Dances With Wolves” as Smiles a Lot.
