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The Nye County Sheriff’s Office faces two federal lawsuits from current and former deputies that allege a pattern of a hostile work environment with years of sexual harassment that was tolerated by superior officers who turned a blind eye to reported problems.
A Nevada man with a criminal history spanning five decades has been sentenced to life in prison for killing an 80-year-old bank customer during an armed robbery in Reno in 2013.
Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., on Thursday said the Justice Department awarded the Nevada attorney general’s office a $1,962,414 grant to continue the state’s participation in theNational Sexual Assault Kit Initiative.
An Idaho ranch hand has been arrested as a suspect in the killing of an Elko County woman after sheriff’s deputies say he led them earlier this week to her severed head buried a mile from where her decapitated body was found in northeast Nevada’s high desert a month ago.
Nevada should re-evaluate sentencing ranges for some felony crimes and make better use of probation for low-level, non-violent offenders to keep its prison population in check, a criminal justice consultant said Friday.
The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspected attempted homicide-suicide incident in the northwest Arizona community of Mohave Valley.
Arraignment dates have been set for two Southern Nevada inmates indicted by a Clark County grand jury on unrelated escape, weapon and other charges, the attorney general’s office said Thursday.
A 54-year-old Northern Nevada inmate serving a life sentence for first degree murder died Friday, the Nevada Department of Corrections announced.
Investigators found evidence that Molotav cocktails had been thrown into the restaurant. Initials of an animal rights group, “ALF,” were spray painted on a drive-thru sign.
A man who barricaded himself for hours inside a Laughlin hotel room on Monday surrendered to Las Vegas police without incident.
A woman who spent more than 30 years in prison was cleared of murder charges Friday when prosecutors in Reno announced they will not pursue a retrial, basing their decision on new DNA evidence that shows she did not commit the crime.
Phoenix attorney Gerald Gavin is the new lead defense lawyer representing a Bullhead City man who is facing a possible death sentence if convicted in a high-profile child homicide case.
A man police say helped rob a Pahrump couple and their disabled daughter almost a week ago has been arrested, according to Nye County officials.
Inmate Dale Prater died Thursday in Indian Springs, the Nevada Department of Corrections announced Friday.
Foul play has been ruled out as the cause of death for a Nevada inmate, officials said Tuesday.
