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.
Manuel Ruiz, 41, faces two charges of murder with a deadly weapon in connection with the shooting.
The FBI is offering a reward for help identifying a man who allegedly defaced a federal building in downtown Las Vegas.
The coroner’s office on Monday said Mykel Brown, 40, died from multiple gunshot wounds and ruled his death a homicide.
Police said a vehicle pulled up next to the detective’s vehicle and “a female voice could be heard asking if there was anyone in the car.”
Carey Cota, 35, died from a shotgun wound to the head and her death was ruled a homicide, according to the Clark County coroner’s office
A woman is accused of stabbing a man, who was in a relationship with her, on the bus near the Las Vegas Ballpark, according to police.
Officers arrived and entered a home for a welfare check and located a deceased male suffering from what appeared to be a gunshot wound, police said in a statement.
Authorities said Jesus Robles was driving an unregistered Chevrolet Tahoe north on Jones Boulevard when he hit James McCoy Jr., 63.
The shooting occurred in the 5100 block of Hickham Avenue, near North Buffalo Drive and West Craig Road.
In Michael Winkler’s arrest report, his family members suggested that he was “plastered” and forgetting to let the dogs out of his locked car in the garage.
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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.
