Metro executed search warrants Tuesday at two locations, including the Las Vegas constable’s office, in an investigation into a secretly recorded telephone conversation between Las Vegas Constable John Bonaventura and County Commissioner Tom Collins.
Patrick Newell was defending himself when he doused another man with gasoline and lit him on fire, his attorney told Las Vegas jurors Tuesday during opening statements. But prosecutors said Newell continued to threaten Theodore Bejarano even after he was burned.
Las Vegas police released a statement on Tuesday to “thank the Las Vegas community for the overwhelming support for the surviving families of officers (Alyn) Beck and (Igor) Soldo and Joseph Wilcox” and to announce continued fundraising efforts for the families.
A hit-and-run accident near East Bonanza Road and North Eastern Avenue Monday night has left an 11-year-old boy in serious condition, according to Las Vegas police.
A 42-year-old woman appeared in Las Vegas court Tuesday on charges of assaulting a cab driver, striking him with his own vehicle and smashing it into other cars.
A power outage in Henderson near Stephanie Street and American Pacific Drive affected about 1,000 customers and disrupted traffic for about two hours. Power was restored just before noon.
All lanes are open on the southern 215 Beltway east of the Jones Boulevard exit after a dump truck overturned Tuesday morning, according to Nevada Highway Patrol.
In an effort to limit access to inexpensive liquor, a bill will go Wednesday to the Las Vegas City Council making it a misdemeanor punishable by a $1,000 fine and six months in jail to open a bottle of liquor in a 32-block area of downtown.
Imagine the surprise of some of those cabbies and customers when the doors of Club Paradise were temporarily closed after the service of a law enforcement search warrant on June 6. They would be forced, sigh, to seek their dancing dream girls elsewhere.
The countdown has begun. Operators of the SLS Las Vegas said the $415 million hotel-casino will open at midnight Aug. 23.
While the case is still open, the National Park Service is not planning any more coordinated searches for a Henderson woman who may have gone missing while hiking earlier this month.
A 61-year-old man who was arrested after he told police he killed a woman Sunday at a Reno motel had been released from prison in September after serving more than 20 years for the murder of his fiance in southern Nevada, state records show.
With a fellow pilot’s life on the line, Nellis Air Force Base Capt. Greg “Fangs” Farrell knew exactly what to do as he flew his Fighting Falcon jet through the darkness over the Atlantic Ocean looking for him: Never give up.
An underwear-clad man Las Vegas police fatally shot in July had been on a Molly binge for days, a detective said Monday, when he charged officers “ninja” style.
Las Vegas physician Victor Bruce has agreed to plead guilty next month in a broad federal investigation into the unlawful trafficking of the prescription painkiller oxycodone.
