Several longtime judges did not move to retain their District Court seat in this year’s election by the filing deadline.
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Nearly five months after the shooting, the Metropolitan Police Department arrested Alexander Johnson, citing new evidence showed he had misrepresented the events leading up to the shooting.
Frederick Blanche pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges in December and agreed to a long sentence.
Police said they received reports of a shooting in the 1800 block of Lewis Avenue. One man died at the scene and another died at a hospital.
Police investigated an incident in which a man was struck by a vehicle and a “blunt object” during an altercation in a Las Vegas neighborhood.
Christofer Suarez, 12, was walking to school when he was struck by an SUV and thrown into a fence. He died of his injuries three days later.
The Clark County School District announced the death of a student at Smith Middle School in North Las Vegas.
Police say the serial burglar covered his face, mostly targeted Asian restaurants and stole more than $222,000 from businesses in the Spring Mountain Road corridor.
Authorities said Tyson Hampton shot Truong Thai in October 2022, as the officer responded to a domestic violence call from Hampton’s wife.
A person was wounded in a shooting Monday morning in the northwest Las Vegas Valley in what police are calling a road-rage shooting.
The Metropolitan Police Department said Friday Tarlini’s death was still under investigation and that no suspects had been arrested.
GMTCare is accused of dropping actor and sumo wrestler Taylor Tuli Wily while he was in a wheelchair in 2023, causing fatal injuries, according to a lawsuit filed by his estate.
A Las Vegas man was arrested on three felony charges, including DUI and failure to stop at the scene of an accident, following a crash that left a boy with life-threatening injuries.
The lawsuit alleged that officers Brayden McMahill and Glenn Obsenares had no tactical plan when they entered the property, and that Obsenares was holding Raider’s leash loosely.
Detectives with the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a homicide after a Las Vegas woman was found dead in a cardboard box east of Kingman.
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Frederick Blanche pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges in December and agreed to a long sentence.
A news release said the strike force would involve collaboration with other agencies. Attorneys offered mixed reactions.
Michael McKee, 39, was arrested Saturday by police in Rockford, Illinois, and remains in custody at the Winnebago County Justice Center, according to Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office online records.
Bryan Vargas-Caicedo previously pleaded guilty in District Court to reckless driving and, in a lower court, to misdemeanor DUI in connection with the death of 37-year-old Wesley Larsen.
