A 27-year-old Las Vegas man had nearly twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system when he crashed on Thanksgiving and killed a mother of three, a prosecutor says.
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A Las Vegas police officer was one of 19 recipients of the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Policing for an innovative community policing program.
The shooting was reported just before 10:45 a.m. at the Marquesa Condominiums on the 7300 block of Pirates Cove Road, near Westcliff and North Buffalo drives.
Las Vegas police have said that the man suffered head and torso injuries in a “physical altercation” Saturday morning in the parking lot of business on Tropicana Avenue.
A man died Monday after he was badly injured in a fight in central Las Vegas on Saturday morning, police said.
The death of a 6-year-old boy in an October house fire has been ruled a homicide and his mother’s death classified as a suicide.
While arresting Nathaniel Postelle III on Thanksgiving morning, Las Vegas police found a gram of cocaine in a pants pocket of the drunken driving suspect, according to his arrest report.
David Marks, 46, was one of five suspects in what authorities say was a long-running “psychic reading” scam that bilked a Las Vegas lawyer out of more than $1 million.
A teen shot to death Saturday while confronting a truck thief has been identified as Kevin Soriano, 17, of North Las Vegas.
About a dozen people gathered Sunday evening to honor Monique Prado, the 32-year-old single mother of three killed in a suspected DUI crash on Thanksgiving morning.
Jorge Gatica is charged with open murder with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit murder and discharging a gun into an occupied vehicle. He is held on more than $1 million bail, and is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday.
The shooting occurred early Saturday morning when a father and son went to confront a man suspected of stealing their family’s truck, North Las Vegas police said.
Monique Prado, 32, of Victorville, California, died at the scene and her 12-year-old daughter was injured. She was in Las Vegas to spend Thanksgiving with her family.
A retired Las Vegas police lieutenant has helped start a national nonprofit called The Wounded Blue to offer peer support for officers who are suffering.
One person was shot when gunfire erupted in front of a crowded shopping complex in northwest Las Vegas late Friday afternoon, Las Vegas police said.