Former Nevada prison warden Manuel Portillo is charged with attempted robbery and battery after allegedly biting a coworker’s ear at a Palace Station work event.
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Ali Moussaoui was riding his motorcycle near West Tropicana Avenue and Grand Canyon Drive on Thursday when Jalen Felton, 24, who police said had stolen a Salvation Army bus, fatally struck him.
School police said in his arrest report that Nicolas Jefferson, an Improve Your Tomorrow volunteer, used a fake online persona to promise an 18-year-old student modeling opportunities and money in exchange for sexually explicit photos and acts.
District Judge Jessica Peterson barred Review-Journal reporters from witnessing an alleged victim’s testimony during Nathan Chasing Horse’s sexual assault trial last week.
The former pro basketball star didn’t want to discuss his DUI arrest during an appearance at a Las Vegas restaurant. But he said he wants Vegas to get an NBA team.
A 10-year-old boy killed late Saturday night in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 15 north of Las Vegas was identified on Monday by the Clark County coroner’s office.
This will be the 14th time since 1992 that the news organization has invited Clark County lawyers to participate in the survey known as “Judging the Judges.”
Trooper Shawn Haggstrom said the crash happened just before 12 a.m. after an SUV traveled the wrong way up the 215 off-ramp at West Sunset Road in Las Vegas.
The Nevada Supreme Court found a judge was justified in dismissing criminal cases after a state agency failed to promptly transport criminal defendants for treatment.
The Las Vegas Police Protective Association closed a poll asking its members to consider a strike, but gave no indication on whether a work stoppage will be authorized.
Chuck Muth, president of a conservative group aiming to clean the state’s voter rolls, filed a lawsuit alleging the secretary of state’s office violated Nevada’s public records law.
One of the teens accused in the death of a retired police chief has been indicted on a count of battery by a prisoner motivated by bias or hatred, prosecutors said.
The filing follows an unusual degree of secrecy in the case, including a plea agreement that experts said a judge improperly sealed.
Newly released body camera footage shows the first police officer to enter Stephen Paddock’s hotel room after the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting in Las Vegas, despite previous statements from authorities that the video did not exist.
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The complaint, filed Tuesday in federal court in Las Vegas, claims a high priest ordained within the church had raped the girl when she was 10 until she was 15.
The former “Dances with Wolves” actor is accused of sexually assaulting multiple women. Two of them spoke to jurors.
One person was killed Wednesday night after a Salvation Army bus stolen in North Las Vegas triggered a police pursuit, then ran a red light in the west valley and collided with a motorcycle, police said.
Nathan Chasing Horse is accused of targeting the Native American community and sexually assaulting multiple women.
