Brandon Pereyda, a Vegas native, is a headliner and aerialist in Cirque du Soleil’s Zumanity. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
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The Review-Journal’s Todd Dewey, handicapper Kelly Stewart (@KellyInVegas) and Wynn sports book director Johnny Avello preview the Ravens’ season in the seventh of a series of 32 NFL team videos in 32 days. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A Las Vegas police officer was taken to the hospital after a scuffle on the Strip.
Officers responded to Casino Royale at 7:30 a.m. for a petit larceny call.
The thief was known to hit properties on the Strip, police said.
A scuffle broke out between the suspect and three responding officers, who were trying to take him into custody.
Two officers were treated at the scene for minor injuries.
Another officer, who complained of knee pain, was taken to the hospital as a precaution.
A Las Vegas mom pleaded guilty to throwing her children out a second-story window.
Luz Ibarra jumped out of the window of her home after tossing out her 2-year-old daughter and 6-month old son.
Her daughter suffered facial fractures and exhibited an altered mental state. Her son suffered a skull fracture, bleeding on the brain, and leg fractures.
Ibarra, 37, stopped taking antidepressants just before the attempted murder-suicide, according to police.
She pleaded mentally ill.
She faces two to 20 years behind bars. Her sentencing is set for October. Her attorney plans to ask for probation.
Ibarra is likely to be deported to Mexico.
A young man was shot at a shopping center in the central Las Vegas Valley.
Police say the shooter walked inside a business, argued with some people he knew and then fired two rounds.
Officers responded about 5 p.m. Wednesday to 3735 Spring Mountain Road.
A man who didn’t work at the business was struck at least once, in the stomach.
He was taken to University Medical Center. His condition is unknown.
Officials say the shooter was also a young man and is at large.
Fright Dome at Circus Circus plans to hire over 400 people for its 15th anniversary season. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Las Vegas taxi drivers reflect on job security once self-driving cars become commercially available. (Bailey Schulz/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
1. A Las Vegas police officer arrested last year on child pornography charges had died. Ruben Delgadillo was booked last August on five counts of possession of child pornography and one count of distribution of child pornography. Delgadillo’s lawyer confirmed this his client had died, but did not provide any further details.
2. University of Nevada, Reno is sticking by it’s decision to not fire or expel student Peter Cvjetanovic after participating in white nationalist rallies over the weekend in Charlottesville. A petition on charge.org has reached over 32,000 signatures and states, “The decision to keep Peter sends an important message to the rest of the non-white-male student body: at the University of Nevada, Reno, none of you matter.” Chairman of the state of Board of Regents Kevin Page said UNR’s decision will not be affected no matter how many people sign the petition.
3. A California woman will go home $1.6 million dollars richer. Sandra A. placed a $5 bet at McCarran International Airport and won the jackpot on IGT’s “Wheel of Fortune Pink Diamonds Game”. The jackpot comes just days after a California man won $11.8 million in downtown Las Vegas.
A Las Vegas police officer who was arrested last year on child porn charges has died.
Ruben Delgadillo was booked into the Clark County Detention Center in August 2016 on five counts of possession of child porn and one count of distribution of child porn.
His status hearing was set for Aug. 29.
Delgadillo joined the department in July 2015 and was assigned to the northwest area.