Las Vegas police are investigating a Thursday night robbery at a Walgreens in the northwest valley.
Robberies
The heist occurred on Jan. 9, when a man walked into a convenience store near Boulder Highway and Indios Avenue, drew a gun and demanded money, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
The burglary was reported on Dec. 13, when police said a man and a woman were seen fleeing from a home on the 500 block of Karen Way in a 2006 white Chrysler PT Cruiser with a black convertible top.
A Las Vegas man who pleaded guilty to robbing an armored truck and a gun store in separate incidents was sentenced to more than five years in prison Monday, federal officials announced.
Miguel Garcia, 39, wounded suspect at a Terrible’s gas station after bean bags failed to immobilize the suspect.
Nicole Nowak, 23, and Uriah Crain, 28, will be sentenced March 8 for the two crimes, one of which resulted in a man being shot in the leg.
Las Vegas police are searching for two people involved in two northwest valley car thefts.
A man robbed a Christmas tree nursery at gunpoint Tuesday night in the northwest valley, Las Vegas police said.
A man who is being hailed a “good Samaritan” by Las Vegas police was fatally shot Friday afternoon while chasing a suspected armed robber in the northwestern valley.
Police say the men entered a home on the 10000 block of Orkiney Drive Tuesday night through an unlocked back door and ransacked it after overpowering the woman as she lay in bed.
Las Vegas police are investigating an armed robbery Tuesday afternoon at a Strip casino.
Las Vegas police arrested two men Monday night in connection with two armed robberies in the west valley.
A man suspected of stealing beer and whisky in an armed robbery in Pahrump on Saturday was found a day later with a self-inflicted pellet-gun wound and several fewer beers, police said.
Las Vegas police are searching for a man who robbed a convenience store at gunpoint last month.
A Nevada Department of Corrections inmate died Monday at a Las Vegas hospital, officials said.