Authorities in Illinois have apprehended a man sought in the Jan. 9 stabbings of three people on the Las Vegas Strip.
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A 40-year-old man was booked at the Clark County Detention Center on multiple felonies, including sexual assault and sex trafficking.
North Las Vegas police were investigating the fatal shooting of a man Friday morning in the city.
The Clark County School District has been “in critical need of drivers” this school year with 250 driver and transportation vacancies.
An arrest report states that a detective placed ads on prostitution websites depicting “what appeared to be a young child” who was available for sex in exchange for money.
Police said at 12:37 a.m. they were called to a report of a person injured at Cameron Street and Harmon Avenue, near Decatur Boulevard and West Tropicana Avenue.
It was not immediately clear if the Wednesday night shootings are related.
The training center is expected to help first responders, including Las Vegas Valley police officers, better prepare for complex public safety threats.
The man faces multiple charges in the crash at North Decatur Boulevard and West Gowan Road around 7:45 p.m. Tuesday.
Killed in the Nov. 26, 2019, crash were pilot Gregory Akers, 60, of Henderson, Akers’ wife, Valeriya Slyzko, 48, and his mother-in-law, Nina Morovova, 71.
Two people have been charged with murder in a 2021 convenience store slaying that Las Vegas police say unfolded during an argument over a woman cutting in line at the store.
A boy killed near a Henderson school in what police said was a reckless driving crash was remembered during a Monday memorial service as a beautiful, giving child who overcame several obstacles in just 13 years.
Charles Jackson, 40, was arrested last week on two counts of second-degree murder in the fentanyl overdose deaths of a mother and son.
The motorcyclist was taken to University Medical Center with what were described as life-threatening injuries.
It was another day of tumult at Desert Oasis High School in Las Vegas Friday with threats on social media and many students not showing up for classes.
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