Dylon Carden, an officer with the Metropolitan Police Department, was arrested Sunday and booked on one count of suspicion of home invasion and one count of burglary.
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Police responded to a central Las Vegas Valley apartment following reports that babysitter Marketta Phillips, 41, had killed a three-year-old child, later identified as Journei Ross.
Around 9:05 p.m., the Metropolitan Police Department received a call about a shooting in the 200 block of West Chicago Avenue.
A suspect in a killing at a hotel-casino in North Las Vegas carjacked at least three vehicles and was arrested in Las Vegas after a police chase, authorities say.
Homicide Lt. Robert Price with the Metropolitan Police Department said that around 3:30 a.m., dispatch received a call from a father claiming the babysitter had just stabbed his child.
Police said they did not suspect the Toyota driver, who stayed on the scene after the crash, of being impaired.
Judge Ronald Israel ruled that Alyssa Scott, 22, would serve 3 to 10 years in prison, adding that he was “sick of” seeing DUI cases.
The officer shot a man as officers with the Metropolitan Police Department responded to reports of an “armed suicidal individual” Saturday in the southwest Las Vegas Valley.
After Henderson fired Hollie Chadwick and Mesquite fired MaQuade Chesley, residents of both cities are criticizing the lack of transparency in their police chiefs’ ousters.
The police commission’s meeting followed the mayor’s request that Pelletier be placed on leave.
Ryan Murphy and 72 others were honored for their heroism during Metro’s March Commendation Ceremony.
The incident, along with other recent Tesla vandalism cases, garnered national interest — and it has changed some minds about owning a Tesla.
The preliminary investigation of a homicide that happened in the northwest valley suggested self-defense, according to police.
A woman killed in what Las Vegas police described as a murder-suicide was a “cherished mother” and aspiring nurse, according to a GoFundMe page created in her honor.
Documents filed in District Court on Wednesday said it has become “impossible” for Aaron Goodwin and Victoria Goodwin to reconcile their marriage.