A Laughlin man charged with DUI in a Summerlin crash that injured multiple people smelled of an “alcoholic beverage” at the scene, according to his arrest report.
Glenn Puit
Glenn Puit has worked as a journalist for 27 years. He is a winner of the national Sigma Delta Chi award for public service journalism from the Society of Professional Journalists. He has worked at newspapers in Nevada, Oklahoma, Michigan, New York and Kentucky.
An innovative program at the Clark County Detention Center is matching short-term inmates with resources to help them recover and stay out of custody.
One motorist was critically injured and another was arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired in a three-vehicle crash in central Las Vegas late Tuesday night.
Wendy Najera, 26, was booked at the Clark County Detention Center on Thursday on a felony charge of poisoning or adulterating food, water or medicine.
Samuel Schmid, 28, was arrested in Riverside County and is awaiting extradition, according to a Metropolitan Police Department press release.
Las Vegas police responded to a shooting near the resort shortly after 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Police said they were not releasing information about possible suspects “to help protect the integrity of the case.”
Margaret Rudin, who spent nearly 20 years in prison in the slaying of her millionaire husband, Ron, has had her murder conviction vacated.
Anniajah Pratt, 23, was arrested in connection with the theft of $100,000 in cash and valuables from a man at the Encore hotel-casino.
Jacqueline Gravatt was the first Black woman to serve as a patrol officer in the North Las Vegas Police Department.
Three Republicans are fighting for the chance to challenge Assemblyman Edgar Flores to become the next senator in District 2.
GOP candidates for the competitive Senate District 8 want to break up the Clark County School District and repeal the commerce tax.
Tina Brown and Tina Peetris are competing in Senate District 9, both touting pro-business agendas.
Fabian Donate, appointed in February 2021 to an unexpired Senate term, is running in his own right but faces a Democratic primary.
The city of Las Vegas said from Feb. 1 to this week, the city has had 10 copper wire thefts from municipal infrastructure. Previously, the city averaged about 20 such thefts a year.