The homeless man has been described by Las Vegas police as “a continual problem in the area” where the stabbing took place, near Las Vegas Boulevard North and Lamb Boulevard.
Rio Lacanlale
Rio Lacanlale, whose work for the Review-Journal ranges from crime reports to video storytelling, joined the newspaper in October 2016. Before that, the UNLV broadcast journalism graduate contributed to newsrooms in central Italy and Washington, D.C. Rio is also a passionate traveler who enjoys living out of a backpack for months at a time.
A baby who police say was thrown to her death by her father during a domestic dispute Saturday has been identified as 1-month-old London Martin of Las Vegas.
The girl died Oct. 5 after she spent at least an hour locked inside her father’s new car. He stands accused of felony child abuse.
Once the job listing closes, the Clark County manager will select a candidate. The appointment then must be confirmed by the Clark County Commission.
Four women — all former Topgolf Las Vegas kitchen employees — have come forward with allegations of sexual abuse and harassment by their supervisor.
The reprimand comes about six years after the attorney’s reinstatement by the Nevada Supreme Court to practice law. By then, he had been suspended for nearly five years.
Criminal proceedings in the murder case have been on hold since April, when the suspect was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation and treatment.
A public fact-finding review was Friday morning in the death of Byron Williams, an unarmed Black man who died last year in Las Vegas police custody.
“Now I don’t have this weird feeling of being in limbo, wondering where my family fits in all of this,” said the daughter of the 59th victim.
Judge Eric Johnson faces a challenge in the November general election from a personal injury lawyer for the District Court Department 20 seat.
With vastly different backgrounds, both candidates in the race for District Court Department 18 are touting their decades of courtroom experience.
The official death toll of the October 2017 shooting excludes two women who died within the past year. The daughter of one victim wonders, “Why isn’t my mom good enough?”
The Las Vegas resident is the second Route 91 Harvest festival shooting survivor to die in less than a year, yet the massacre’s official death toll will remain unchanged.
“This was truly a heinous crime and we hope that this sentence helps with the closure process and pays respect to the memory of Ms. Liebig,” Nye County District Attorney Chris Arabia said.
The 20-year-old man accused of shooting and critically wounding Las Vegas police officer Shay Mikalonis will stand trial, a judge ruled Thursday.