Las Vegas police said a man died after a “medical episode” on Monday, about a month after he was released from the Clark County Detention Center.
Dalton LaFerney
Former Crime reporter
The Metropolitan Police Department announced Friday that it laid off more than 100 part-time employees, a decision made necessary by economic impacts stemming from the coronavirus outbreak.
A Metropolitan Police Department officer was arrested by the agency on Friday and is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a Las Vegas police foundation.
The single-vehicle crash occurred near Simmons Street and Citizen Avenue just after 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
The store, which has been closed for cleaning, is near Rainbow Boulevard and Alta Drive.
Just before 10 p.m. near Harmon Avenue and McLeod Drive, the Metro unit was proceeding through an intersection when the collision occurred.
Las Vegas police are investigating a Saturday evening crash involving a motorcycle and car near Silverado Ranch Road and Eastern Avenue.
The man is suspected of robbing at gunpoint a clerk inside a business in the 22000 block of Las Vegas Boulevard South on Feb. 13, according to a news release from the department.
Only essential personnel and people already living on base will be allowed to enter starting Monday
The 42-year-old was struck by a vehicle March 25 near Fairlight Drive and Sloan Lane.
As floodwaters rose in the tunnels beneath Las Vegas on the night of March 12, Wendy Cox and William “Sky” Pilgrim tied their arms together with a rope.
Two men were killed in a shooting Tuesday night at an apartment building in the central Las Vegas Valley, authorities said.
Las Vegas police arrested Tonya Dillard, 27, and her boyfriend Jacob Berkovitz, 24, after a tip led police to a home near East Lake Mead Boulevard and North Lamb Boulevard.
Two teenage boys were apparently shot and killed by the man, who died of a “self-inflicted” gunshot wound, police said.
Law enforcement vehicles escorted Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. Benjamin Jenkins’ body as it was driven to the Clark County coroner’s office Friday night.
