Refuge for Women is a national organization designed to help survivors of sex trafficking. The Las Vegas branch opened in 2015.
Alexis Egeland
Crime reporter
Email: aegeland@reviewjournal.com
Phone: 702-383-0335
Alexis Egeland covers crime for the Review-Journal. Prior to joining the team in August 2019, she covered Congress for the Arizona Republic and worked on a national investigation into the climate of Hate in America for News21. Egeland is a native of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., and a graduate of Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication.
A 24-year-old man was killed after he drove off of I-15 this evening near mile marker 67, according to Nevada Highway Patrol.
The Metropolitan Police Department advised travelers to avoid the area.
The Nevada Highway Patrol has been dispatched on nearly 400 calls for wrong-way drivers in Southern Nevada so far this year, according to the agency.
Two seventh-grade girls were arrested on charges of making terroristic threats at Tarkanian Middle School, Clark County School District police said.
Authorities in northwestern North Dakota say a couple from Las Vegas have been found dead in a camper with high levels of carbon monoxide.
Las Vegas police took three carjacking suspects into custody in east Las Vegas on Wednesday afternoon.
Las Vegas police are investigating after a woman was stabbed at the Las Vegas Premium Outlets South on Tuesday afternoon.
A 17-year-old boy was arrested at Del Sol Academy of the Performing Arts on Tuesday after school police found a gun and drug paraphernalia in his car.
A Las Vegas business owner was sentenced Tuesday to six months in prison for trafficking in nearly $1.5 million in counterfeit electronics from China.
Police shut down Las Vegas Boulevard in both directions between Cleveland and Sahara avenues while they worked a barricade situation at Bonanza Gift Shop on Monday night.
The Henderson Police Department released 911 audio and body camera footage from a fatal officer-involved shooting from Nov. 20.
Heavy rain had struck parts of the valley by 7:35 p.m., and drivers between Las Vegas and Pahrump could see small hail, the weather service tweeted.
Las Vegas police are investigating a possible homicide in East Las Vegas early Sunday morning.
Three adults and three children were displaced after their northwest Las Vegas home caught fire Wednesday afternoon, the Las Vegas Fire Department said.
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