An inmate escaped from a correctional center late Tuesday night, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.
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A federal judge has declined to reconsider a lawsuit alleging that officials at Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas violated a patient’s civil rights by giving him a bus ticket to California upon discharge.
A study has found more than 800,000 criminal cases, some going back 20 years, that have not been forwarded by Nevada law enforcement agencies and the courts for entry into the state criminal information repository.
Family Court Judge Vincent Ochoa has been disqualified in a case involving his opponent’s wife because of a March altercation between Ochoa and his opponent, Jason Stoffel.
In the wake of a federal court order, the Las Vegas constable’s office Thursday temporarily suspended its enforcement of a state law requiring new residents to obtain Nevada license plates after 30 days.
A male Nevada prison inmate serving five to 20 years died Monday, the corrections department reported. Carlos Icasiano, 77, died at the medical facility within the Northern Nevada Correctional Center. He had a chronic medical condition, the department said.
A 61-year-old man who was arrested after he told police he killed a woman Sunday at a Reno motel had been released from prison in September after serving more than 20 years for the murder of his fiance in southern Nevada, state records show.
Police in Las Vegas arrested a northwest Arizona fugitive who was convicted of manslaughter and other charges after skipping his trial in Kingman last week.
A new Nevada law aimed at mentally ill offenders who keep tying up the criminal justice system because they won’t stay on their medications isn’t being used for those considered too noncompliant, and a Clark County judge and deputy public defender are fighting back.
A suspect in the deaths of two people near Reno died after exchanging gunfire with law officers following a high-speed chase Friday night, authorities said.