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.
Las Vegas attorney Matthew Beasley could face up to 100 years in prison for the Ponzi scheme, but federal prosecutors agreed to argue for a sentence not to exceed 20 years.
During a news conference, the FBI along with Metro announced a new campaign to target violent crime in Southern Nevada neighborhoods.
A current NBA coach and player were among the more than 30 players arrested in a case involving sports betting and rigged poker games in Las Vegas and elsewhere, authorities say.
U.S. District Judge Richard Boulware said the two sides in the case seemed to have honed in on the weapon pointing issue.
Tracy Walker, 30, was pulled over at about 2 a.m. in the area of Tropicana Avenue and Decatur Boulevard, and was booked into the Clark County Detention Center after failing a set of field sobriety tests, police said.
The inmate was pronounced dead on Oct. 16, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.
A North Las Vegas man who was jailed following a string of shootings there is also suspected in multiple shootings on the Strip, according to an arrest report.
In footage released Wednesday, Aaron Goodwin is exploring an abandoned medical complex in Downey, California, before he stops abruptly to check his phone.
An elderly couple were found dead Tuesday afternoon in the west Las Vegas Valley, and police suspect a murder-suicide might have occurred.
According to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office, Donald Anthony Stickrath was declared dead by deputies inside a tent at the campground on Oct. 13.
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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.
