Justice of the Peace Melissa Saragosa-Stratton is stepping down to take a position at a prominent local law firm.
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The children who suffered sexual abuse at the hands of a Clark County School District bus driver have, through their parents, filed a lawsuit alleging that the district either knew or should have known the risk they faced.
The resignation of Sharon Knafo, head of Shenker Academy, was announced May 24, a week after the arrest of teacher Eryka Westover.
Julie Bush is accused of intentionally hitting and killing her boyfriend with her vehicle.
The Clark County district attorney’s office has filed a motion accusing District Judge Erika Ballou of failing to follow orders from the Nevada Supreme Court.
As part of a guilty plea agreement, prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for Tristan Tidwell, according to a court filing.
Jose Oyuela-Palma, 49, was fatally shot by SWAT in September 2021 after police say he was armed with a gun.
Las Vegas police have yet to identify additional suspects in the February shooting at an unlicensed hookah lounge that left one man dead and 13 others injured.
Prosecutors said Damarion Bennett, 16, and two other teenagers tried to rob a marijuana dealer on July 15 near the Tides at Walnut Park apartments.
Prosecutors have dropped murder charges against one of two people accused of killing and dismembered a man whose body was found in a large drum in November.
A Las Vegas strip club claimed that the rapper Blueface caused the establishment to shut down over a shooting he has been charged with, according to a lawsuit.
A former police officer who pleaded guilty in a 1997 shooting death was sentenced Tuesday to between six and 15 years in prison.
Joshua Estrada, who was 17 at the time, pleaded guilty as an adult to one count of assault with a deadly weapon in exchange for the period of probation.
Rashawn Gaston-Anderson was sentenced on Monday to at least seven years in prison for shooting a waiter multiple times during an attempted robbery nearly a year ago.
A Las Vegas judge ordered a mental health evaluation on Tuesday for a man accused of shooting an employee outside a McDonald’s on the Strip.
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Julie Bush is accused of intentionally hitting and killing her boyfriend with her vehicle.
The Clark County district attorney’s office has filed a motion accusing District Judge Erika Ballou of failing to follow orders from the Nevada Supreme Court.
A motorist accused of killing a pedestrian in central Las Vegas fled the scene and intentionally charred and ditched his car in a deserted area, according to police.
Imprisoned for a Las Vegas fatal DUI, former NFL player Henry Ruggs is in a prison work program that placed him at the Governor’s Mansion.