A day after a fire at the Alpine Motel Apartments left six dead, owner Adolfo Orozco ordered the building’s manager not to speak to investigators until they had “gotten their stories straight,” according to police reports obtained by the Review-Journal.
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The driver of an SUV that fatally struck two 16-year-old Las Vegas girls was ordered held without bail on Monday.
The driver of a Mercedes SUV that police say fatally struck two 16-year-old Las Vegas girls Monday night has been arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired.
Chief Deputy District Attorney John Giordani also asked a judge to order Adolfo Orozco to surrender his passport, citing “substantial ties” to other states and Mexico.
Both parents of a 1-year-old boy killed in a crash missed their court appearances Thursday due to medical issues. Later Thursday, a vigil for the baby took place at Buckskin Basin Park in northwest Las Vegas.
“If you would do that with your infant child in the car, it gives the court very grave concerns as to the safety of the community,” the judge told Lauren Prescia, 23.
A trial over new marijuana shop licenses is set to take place at the Las Vegas Convention Center because of the coronavirus pandemic.
A federal judge has vacated the convictions of Jessica Williams in the deaths of six Las Vegas Valley youths killed in an Interstate 15 median in 2000.
Sheriff Joe Lombardo said his officers made “several” dispersal orders over the weekend as protesters moved toward Interstate 15 before a group of legal observers were arrested on the Strip.
Former residents of Alpine Motel filed a lawsuit on Monday against the building’s owner and companies that installed alarm systems.
A Henderson man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for beating his 3-year-old daughter to death in 2016.
A 27-year-old Las Vegas man had nearly twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system when he crashed on Thanksgiving and killed a mother of three, a prosecutor says.
Douglas Haig previously pleaded not guilty to one count of manufacturing ammunition without a license in connection with the sales. A change of plea hearing is expected Tuesday.
A Las Vegas man pleaded not guilty Tuesday in the slaying of a 24-year-old model whose body authorities said was found inside a 250-gallon water tank that had been covered with concrete and wood.
Lawyers for real estate broker Scott Gragson, charged in a DUI crash that left a woman dead and others injured, want his blood alcohol test thrown out.