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.
The policy added burglary, theft, larceny, petit larceny and assault of a law enforcement officer to the list of charges that would trigger a notification.
The driver of the Chrysler 300 was fleeing from a Jan. 15 traffic stop conducted by police officers at Lamb and Charleston boulevards, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
Jermaine Billingsley, 46, is accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting multiple women.
Las Vegas police are seeking victims of a medical facility that authorities say was operating without a license.
Police are seeking a man in connection with an armed robbery that happened this month in the south Las Vegas Valley.
A Las Vegas judge sentenced Shayne Sussman for attacking three different casino employees in August, stabbing two of them.
Michael Doan drove his northbound Ford truck across the center line and hit a southbound Toyota, the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office has said.
Police said the applicants were asked to pay $200 as part of the application process that ended up being a scam.
A man suspected of a violent break-in wrote “shot her” after police say he broke into a home, shot a woman and threatened her in her east Las Vegas Valley home.
Yoni Barrios entered a plea of guilty but mentally ill on Thursday, admitting to stabbing multiple people on the Strip in 2022, killing two.
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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.
