A man has been arrested after a reported hate crime inside of UNLV’s Student Union on Friday, police said.
Mike Shoro
Former Business Reporter
Investigators have determined a minivan driver charged with murder in his girlfriend’s death “floored” the car in reverse and intentionally ran her over north of the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign on the Las Vegas Strip, according to a police report.
A college math tutor faces criminal accusations of an inappropriate relationship with a high school student, court documents show.
Officers are searching for a man they say tried to rob the off-Strip Ellis Island casino on Saturday night.
A homeless man used homophobic slurs while he battered a student inside the university’s Student Union, campus police said.
The man who died was Yaphette Johnson, 24, the Clark County coroner’s office said. He died of multiple gunshot wounds, and his death was ruled a homicide.
Officers are interested in speaking to anybody with knowledge of who last spoke with Angel Gutierrez, 37, before he was shot about 7:50 p.m. Dec. 1 on the 4000 block of East Bonanza Road, near Lamb Boulevard.
A 36-year-old man who brought a stolen handgun to a self-help meeting and then pointed the gun at a police officer last year was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison.
A fourth person — 31-year-old British tourist Jonathan Udall — has died after a helicopter crash earlier this month in the Grand Canyon. Three British tourists died at the scene of the Feb. 10 crash.
Family had reported 25-year-old Michael Anthony Hadley missing in December, but it wasn’t until Feb. 3 that people riding horses discovered his body in the desert near Coldcreek and Bugling Bull roads, Las Vegas police said.
A man was taken into custody at a Henderson casino after he was found with his wife’s body in his vehicle late Saturday night, Las Vegas police said.
A woman died after a vehicle backed up and struck her near the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign late Saturday night, police said.
Las Vegas police arrested Erwin Velarde Deleon on Feb. 9 in connection with a motorcycle race that turned deadly last summer, according to court documents.
An elementary school teacher accused of child abuse grabbed a student by the neck after he refused to clean up his crayons, according to statements made in a Clark County School District police affidavit.
Law enforcement, faith groups, casino representatives and local homeless support organizations teamed up late Friday on the Las Vegas Strip to combat crime and assist the homeless.