Jien Jasmin Chavez Perez, 28, died after her Honda rear-ended another vehicle that was stopped at a red light at the intersection of Pecos and Russell roads, police said.
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A domestic-related homicide investigation began Saturday with a cable company employee who went to the wrong apartment door, police records show.
Henderson police on Tuesday arrested a woman suspected of fleeing the scene of a fatal crash this month.
Jonathan Gomez Rosas, 22, was riding his bike north of Mel Torme Way along Sammy Davis Jr. Drive when a flatbed truck going the same direction hit his bicycle, causing it to flip, police said.
Foothill High School will have an increased police presence Wednesday after someone made an unspecified threat last week at a nearby park.
Jack William Morgan, 32, was found guilty late last year of kidnapping the woman from her Las Vegas apartment Jan. 30, 2017, then gagging her and chaining her to the floor of his van, officials said.
One person was killed when two vehicles collided Tuesday afternoon in the southeast valley.
Rainy days are ahead as another storm system heads toward the Las Vegas Valley.
Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man suspected of being involved in a shooting that injured three people over the weekend.
Starting Monday, the Henderson Police Department will add patrols around intersections that have clearly marked crosswalks.
A woman called police just after 9 a.m. to say a person was dead on the 8200 block of Ocean Gate Way, near Rampart and Lake Mead boulevards.
A 40 percent chance of rain on Wednesday will accompany a 74-degree high. Rain chances increase to 60 percent Thursday, with a forecast high of 70.
Police were called just after 4:50 p.m. to the intersection of Arden Street and New York Avenue, near Wyoming Avenue and Lamb Boulevard.
Metropolitan Police Department Sgt. Branden Clarkson talked about having a plan for an active-shooter situation Sunday afternoon at the Mob Museum in downtown Las Vegas.
The National Weather service said temperatures in the Las Vegas Valley will gradually creep back into the 70s by the end of the week.
