Eduardo Lopez-Hernandez died on Aug. 25, 2010, shortly after he was shot with a Taser multiple times in a confrontation with Nevada Highway Patrol troopers on U.S. Highway 95. His survivors have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Highway Patrol.
A 26-year-old Henderson man was found guilty Friday of second-degree murder and child neglect for the April 2010 slaying of his girlfriend’s 16-month-old daughter.
Former Henderson City Councilwoman Kathleen Vermillion has filed a lawsuit that accuses Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak, her ex-boyfriend and a major contributor to the charity she founded, of disseminating her personal health records.
A 32-year-old woman who was seriously wounded in a shooting at a northeast valley house party last weekend continued to fight for her life Thursday night at University Medical Center.
A month after pleading guilty to battery-domestic violence, boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. said Wednesday he “absolutely” did not kick or punch the mother of three of his children in 2010. Mayweather took a plea deal to end Las Vegas criminal cases that have netted him thousands of dollars in fines, 100 hours of community service, a year of counseling sessions and a yet-to-be-served 90-day jail sentence.
Miguel Sarabia-Ortega, a 36-year-old Mexican national, died at a hospital Tuesday after being detained by Las Vegas police and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel Wednesday.
Online retailers Amazon.com and Zappos.com are being sued by a Texas woman who claims she and millions of other customers were harmed by the release of personal account information.
Grammy-winning pop singer and songwriter Bruno Mars has completed a year of probation stemming from his 2010 drug bust at the Hard Rock Hotel. Clark County District Judge Jessie Walsh dismissed the case Wednesday after learning Mars had fulfilled all of his sentencing obligations, including more than 200 hours of community service.
Diana Perry plays back the worst night of her life over and over in her head, recalling the moments before her 17-year-old girlfriend died in her arms from a stray bullet early Sunday. They were dancing the night away at a party. Then she was kneeling on the floor, holding the hand of Betty “Jay” Pinkney, who convulsed and gasped for air.
Assemblywoman April Mastroluca blasted the state Board of Pharmacy on Tuesday for failing to move quickly to outlaw so-called “bath salts,” or crystal methamphetamine-type synthetic drugs that are killing people around the country. The drugs, which can be bouth at some convenience stores and head shops, carry names like plant food, K2, Mamba, Vanilla Sky, Ocean Burst and Ivory Wave.
A Henderson teenager who participated in a paintball shooting spree must remain in custody while awaiting his sentencing hearing, a Juvenile Court judge ruled Tuesday. Defense attorney Mark Anderson described Christian Melton, 16, as “a really good kid who did some bad things.” Anderson noted that Melton’s 18-year-old co-defendant, Robert Lockwood, was released on his own recognizance last week.
