Las Vegas police have increased patrol efforts in the city’s Chinatown corridor to deter “copycat” crimes following a series of shootings Tuesday night in Georgia.
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The 6-year-old boy called 911 for help, and during the call could be heard pleading with his mother: “Please don’t hurt me!”
The 53-year-old voted twice in the 2016 general election, once in Nevada and once in Arkansas. Now he faces up to four years in prison.
The original bassist for Panic! at the Disco was arrested last month in Las Vegas on drug and weapons charges, according to police records.
The lockdown was in effect for several days, between Jan. 28 and Monday, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.
John Dabritz is charged with open murder, third-degree arson, grand larceny of a motor vehicle and grand larceny of a firearm in connection with the March shooting.
“It’s a very good day for the state, but more importantly, it’s a very good day for all the survivors who’ve been waiting up to this point to have their rape kits tested,” said Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford.
An attorney for the owners of a now-shuttered boarding school at the center of a child abuse case said they are close to reaching a plea deal with Nye County prosecutors.
Shawn McDonnell and Kayleigh Lewis will join McDonnell’s brother, Christopher, in Clark County after the suspects were separated following their capture in rural Arizona.
Inspired by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anne Carpenter accepted a promotion that would make her the first woman to take command of the Nevada Highway Patrol.
“I would compare the crime spree to a Bonnie and Clyde situation,” Clark County’s district attorney told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “It’s incredible how many people they shot at.”
Thomas McEniry was shot and killed by Las Vegas police on Nov. 24, 2015. What followed is a yearslong dispute over the facts of the case between police and his family.
He was denied heart medication for days, according to the lawsuit, even though he complained to jail staff of chest pain. Then he was found unresponsive in his cell.
An Ely judge has ruled that there is enough evidence for John Dabritz to stand trial in the March shooting death of Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. Ben Jenkins.
Michael Russell’s pardon, which restores all of his civil rights, was a rare move by the Nevada Board of Pardons, considering the circumstances around the man’s case.
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The 10,000-square-foot Electric Playhouse, which bills itself as “a social gaming destination, opens this weekend at the Forum Shops at Caesars.
The North Las Vegas Police Department provided new information about the fatal police shooting of a man tied to a four-vehicle crash.
Daily highs around 110 and morning lows near 85 are forecast by the Las Vegas office of the National Weather Service from Saturday through Thursday.
A woman who died in a fatal crash on Cheyenne Avenue near the 215 Beltway has been identified.