Longtime criminal defense attorney John Momot, who represented mob figures and even played himself in the movie “Casino,” has died. He was 74.
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Journalism groups have joined an effort to halt a judge’s order requiring the Las Vegas Review-Journal and The Associated Press to destroy copies of an Oct. 1 victim’s autopsy, which media lawyers argue is a public document.
Cristopher Martinez took the witness stand Thursday during the death penalty trial of Bryan Clay, who is accused of raping and killing his mother, Ignacia “Yadira” Martinez, 38, and 10-year-old sister, Karla.
A judge threw out murder charges Thursday against a couple accused in the death of their special-needs son.
A Las Vegas police officer who was arrested last year on child pornography charges has died, his lawyer said Wednesday.
A 37-year-old mother pleaded guilty but mentally ill Wednesday to a child abuse charge for hurling her two young children out a second-story window.
Prosecutors launched the evidence portion of Thomas Randolph’s trial on charges that he hired a hitman to kill his wife in 2008 before fatally shooting the hitman by telling jurors about the 1986 death of Randolph’s second wife, Becky Gault.
A man charged with murder in connection with concrete-encased human remains found in the Lake Mead Recreational Area was ordered held without bail on Tuesday.
KLAS-TV Channel 8 Vice President and General Manager Lisa Howfield said photojournalist Nebyou Solomon was freed Saturday night, hours after he was arrested while covering the off-Strip protest.
Javier Righetti was convicted of first-degree murder Thursday in the 2011 stabbing death of a 15-year-old Las Vegas girl, and prosecutors plan to seek capital punishment.
War Machine intended to kill Christine Mackinday and Corey Thomas when he broke into his then-girlfriend’s home in August 2014, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday during closing arguments in the former mixed martial arts fighter’s trial.
The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court decision to reject the guilty plea of Javier Righetti in the murder of a 15-year-old Arbor View High School freshman.
A 17-year-old and his mother pleaded not guilty Thursday to criminal charges in the fatal shooting of former Chaparral High School football player Richard Nelson.
A federal judge on Thursday denied a request for the pretrial release of a suspect in the violent kidnapping of a Las Vegas woman.
Former clients of suspended probate lawyer Robert Graham are pressing for the swift appointment of a bankruptcy trustee to collect his firm’s assets.
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Colin Czech is accused of killing a man outside a downtown convenience store and eating parts of the victim’s face, police said.
The Las Vegas Strip casino introduced a new tier in its loyalty program, and visitors will need to reach at least that tier to receive unlimited free parking.
Harry Reid International Airport said its parking was in “high demand” this weekend, and expected Terminal 1 long term and economy parking to be at capacity.
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