Assistant Sheriff Fred Haas showed body camera footage and photos during a news briefing about a Dec. 19 police shooting that left a man wounded.
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Markeem Benson, 30, was pronounced dead at High Desert State Prison, authorities said.
Kenwonn Montgomery, 46, was charged with one count of open murder and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon.
Maurice Washington, who is currently out of custody on a $250,000 bail, pleaded guilty to two felony counts of reckless driving resulting in death.
The Metropolitan Police Department and a “last chance” court program aim to steer kids away from prison.
Police spoke with reporters on the corner of South Mojave and East Flamingo Road, just steps from where a pedestrian was fatally hit in a hit-and-run crash.
Jarvis Williams, 30, faces attempted murder, assault on a protected person, evading police, and owning a firearm by a prohibited person in North Las Vegas.
A homeowner fatally shot a man he said was an intruder inside a condominium in east Las Vegas, police said.
Henderson police officers shot a man five times after he almost struck one with his car while trying to flee, according to his arrest report.
Francisco Aguilar, Nevada secretary of state, was charged with violating the Civil Rights Act after he responded on Aug. 21 to a letter from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.
A teen who is among five people accused in last month’s explosion at Piero’s Italian Cuisine confessed to “the entire operation,” prosecutors said.
The North Las Vegas Police Department collaborated with several groups to select participants ranging in age from toddler to teenager.
Diana Ready’s “life mattered,” her sister told Judge Tara Clark Newberry during a Tuesday sentencing for Cody Hill, who pleaded guilty to driving impaired and causing Ready’s death.
Joseph Gutierrez, 18, faces five felony charges, including manufacturing or possessing an explosive or incendiary device, first-degree arson, conspiracy to commit first-degree arson, and, in a separate case, transporting an explosive.
Law enforcement agencies across the valley are joining forces, forming a traffic task force to decrease road fatalities.