Crystal Stephens, 48, was accused of torturing and killing 4-year-old Brandon Steckler, Jr., who was found by police in a Las Vegas apartment in 2018.
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The shooting was captured on camera, as were the two men running from the scene, police said. No other people were seen on video near Hope Ritter’s car, according to the report.
A judge rejected the attempt of an attorney for an embattled Las Vegas sergeant to stop representing him because of his client’s concerns about his son working as a police officer.
Police have accused a Henderson man of abducting the owner of a construction company where his wife worked after an IRS investigation found she had embezzled $20 million.
Las Vegas police said Cristobal Perez fired 14 shots “indiscriminately” and in “cold blood” at a group of homeless people in 2023.
Police said the victim was approached by two men, then began arguing with one of the suspects.
Of all the homicides Las Vegas police responded to in 2024, the case of Lina Pi Gill stood out to Metropolitan Police Department homicide Lt. Robert Price.
Gov. Joe Lombardo appointed a hearing master to fill a vacant Clark County Family Court judicial seat.
Ramon Acosta knelt on his knees before a judge and begged for the toughest possible sentence for the man who killed his brother and two other men.
A judge held a hearing for six suspects in the killing of a 17-year-old who was walking home from an 11-year-old’s birthday party in the northeast Las Vegas Valley.
Gary Guymon was interviewed by police at least twice and sent them 44 emails, plus voicemails and text messages, police have said. But they declined to release the records.
The shooting that took place next door to Orlando Hernandez’s home Sunday evening wasn’t out of the ordinary. Gun violence is a fact of life for those living on his block in east Las Vegas.
An attorney for Duane Davis has alleged that another person and his team organized the shooting near the Las Vegas Strip that killed hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur.
Two people were found dead in 2021 after texting a Las Vegas man a photo of pink drugs that looked like the ones police discovered at the scene, according to Metro.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 61, who is charged in connection with the 1996 slaying near the Las Vegas Strip, was scheduled to go to trial in March.