Woman arrested after stealing a bus in southwest Las Vegas

By Las Vegas Review-Journal

January 21, 2023 - 1:39 pm

Metropolitan Police Department (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

An RTC Transit bus was stolen by a passenger Saturday morning in the southwest valley.

Officers responded to the area of Durango Drive and Blue Diamond Road after a bus was reported stolen by a passenger, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Police located the bus, and after a brief pursuit the female suspect was taken into custody without incident.

Israel Zamora (Metropolitan Police Department)

Police search for boyfriend in shooting death of woman, 19

By Brett Clarkson / RJ

June 5, 2023 - 11:50 am

Adamari Ramirez, 19, was shot and killed on Saturday.

Judge Adriana Escobar speaks with students in Courtroom 14C of the Regional Justice Center in L ...

Here’s how lawyers get a say in which judges hear their cases

By Katelyn Newberg / RJ

June 5, 2023 - 6:00 am

Peremptory challenges are used in civil and family court cases when a litigant wants a case to be randomly assigned to a different judge.

Lawsuit: Walmart negligent in fatal parking lot shooting

By David Wilson / RJ

June 5, 2023 - 10:58 am

A wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of a man fatally shot in a North Las Vegas Walmart parking lot last year lot alleged that the corporation should have done more to prevent his killing.

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Dana White’s former security head oversees Las Vegas SWAT

By Sabrina Schnur / RJ

June 5, 2023 - 11:24 am

Bryan Peterson oversees more than 60 people combined on Metro’s SWAT, or Special Weapons and Tactics Bureau, and K-9 team.

Police: Woman fatally shot by her boyfriend in northeast valley

By David Wilson / RJ

June 3, 2023 - 4:21 pm

The shooting occurred around 1:15 a.m. in the 3900 block of North Nellis Boulevard.

Porn star pleads guilty to stealing cab on Strip with passenger inside

By Katelyn Newberg / RJ

June 2, 2023 - 4:07 pm

An adult film actor has pleaded guilty to disobeying police officers after he stole a cab on the Strip last year and led police on a pursuit toward Logandale.

Robert Farabee III (Metropolitan Police Department)

Teen held without bail in killing

By Sabrina Schnur / RJ

June 2, 2023 - 9:50 am

Robert Farabee III and his co-defendant Landon Richards initially appeared in Family Court, but they were certified as adults on the murder charges.

A North Las Vegas Police Department vehicle. (Brett Clarkson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

NLV police apologize after revealing 2 more undisclosed killings

By Brett Clarkson / RJ

June 1, 2023 - 7:37 pm

North Las Vegas police announced that four homicides have taken place in the city in the latter half of May.

‘Dice sliding’: Men accused of stealing $226K from Strip craps game

By Richard N. Velotta / RJ

June 2, 2023 - 8:25 pm

Investigators say the four men teamed to cheat in an electronic craps game by sliding instead of rolling the dice.

Ex-UNLV basketball recruit Zaon Collins to plead guilty in deadly wreck

By Katelyn Newberg / RJ

June 1, 2023 - 7:12 pm

A prosecutor said Thursday that Collins had agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge of reckless driving and a misdemeanor charge of vehicular manslaughter.