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Judge: Informant can’t take back plea deal
 

A violent felon who was released from jail at the request of members of an FBI-led task force, then allegedly fatally shot a father of four, was denied attempts to renege on a deal with authorities so he could avoid a life prison term in a separate case.

 
Nevada OKs $200,000 settlement in marshal groping case

A state panel has settled two civil rights lawsuits with a Las Vegas woman who alleged a Clark County District Court marshal groped her in August 2011.

 
“Thunder” undies key evidence in robbery case

Joey Kadmiri tried to steal the props and costumes — even the underwear — of “Thunder From Down Under” performers and fought violently when they caught him, a prosecutor told jurors Monday as Kadmiri’s trial opened.

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Children, mother injured in fall from second story of house

Two children are in critical condition Thursday morning after their mother threw them from a second-story window of a house, then jumped herself, Las Vegas police said.

 
Thousands honor slain Las Vegas police officer Igor Soldo

Thousands — many in uniform — gathered Thursday to bid farewell to officer Igor Soldo at Canyon Ridge Christian Church, 6200 W. Lone Mountain Road, one of two Las Vegas police officers ambushed and killed Sunday while having lunch.

 
Las Vegas police had contact with shooters days before ambush

Las Vegas police officers had contact with Jerad and Amanda Miller days before they ambushed and executed two officers and killed a citizen, officials said at a Wednesday morning news conference.

 
Shooters carried arsenal, supplies into Sunday rampage

The suspects who killed two police officers and a third person before killing themselves Sunday simultaneously executed the officers, according to a source with knowledge of the shooting.