A Metro Police officer who shot and injured a knife-wielding woman on Friday was identified by the department today as Sgt. Esmeralda Boveda. Boveda responded to a...
Helping people is what the Las Vegas-based nonprofit organization Horses4Heroes does. Its ranch offers free horse-riding lessons to the families of community heroes: the active-duty military, veterans, police officers, nurses and others who make sacrifices for the valley or country. The horses offer an outlet and therapy …
A man was found dead inside a vehicle today in the parking lot of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in North Las Vegas. Police were waiting for the Clark County Coroner’s Office to determine the cause of death before...
A suspect sought in the death of a man who was shot and then drove off, causing a pileup on the 215 Beltway, has died. Metro Police had been searching for...
Earlier this month, the phone rang at A Home 4 Spot Animal Rescue. It was the attorney for Donald Thompson, one of the co-owners of the fire-ravaged Prince and Princess Pet Boutique. He wanted to …
Nearly two months after 45-year-old Irma Mkrtchyan vanished from Las Vegas, Metro Police believe they may now be searching for a body. Mkrtchyan, who worked as a Farmer’s Insurance agent, was last seen...
An autopsy of a 24-year-old woman who died after fighting with her boyfriend revealed the cause of death as injuries sustained in a beating. Tyanna Reynolds and her boyfriend, Edward Edgerton, had an agreement that...
Two people on a moped died early this morning in a hit-and-run collision with a pickup truck at Las Vegas Boulevard and Windmill Lane. The truck was found near the crash, but ...
The 59-year-old man was waiting in the car with a baby while the baby’s mother spoke to a drug dealer. Then, police said, jealousy took over, setting in motion an hour that included …
The 26-year-old man and his 24-year-old girlfriend had an agreement: When one of them “messed up,” the other would dish out punishment in the form of a spanking with ...
A motorcyclist suffered critical injuries early today after he crashed into a taxi while possibly racing another motorcyclist, a Metro Police official said. The collision between the motorcyclist and the Whittlesea Blue Cab occurred about 3 a.m. on Tropicana Avenue near Paradise Road. The motorcyclist was transported to University Medical Center Trauma with a critical …
For the second time this academic year, a Clark County School District Teacher is under arrest, accused of an inappropriate relationship with a student. Tanikka S. Queen, 22, was arrested Tuesday on counts including...
Three adults and four children were displaced from their North Las Vegas house after it caught fire this morning. Two of the adults were transported to...
Las Vegas Fire & Rescue responded about 3 p.m. to reports of a fire at 6920 Briar Creek Lane, near West Grand Teton Drive and North Rainbow Boulevard. A caller claimed a person tossed …
A 30-year-old woman was killed Tuesday night after she opened the door of a moving sport utility vehicle, which crashed into a light pole and ejected the woman, Metro Police reported. Police responded about 11:30 p.m. to the crash near...
A man was found dead in an apartment fire early this morning in the Spring Valley area. A caller said a neighbor’s apartment was on fire and his neighbor was...
What could make Wet ’N’ Wild better? The water park's boss details upgrades for Year Two that include more parking and shade, heated water and an "exhilarating" new ride called...
Jason “Lucky” Mahe was inside Dotty’s Casino on Rancho Drive when the Metro Police officers tracked him down. But the night wasn’t lucky for him; Mahe wound up …
A man shot and killed in an officer-involved shooting in North Las Vegas has been identified as 38-year-old David L. Robinson, according to Clark County Coroner’s Office officials.
One person was killed and another was injured in a shooting today outside an apartment near downtown Las Vegas. Metro Police responded about 6:20 a.m. to reports of gunshots in the...
Thirty-year-old Christine Allen told police, it “was like a demon inside of me took over.” She went into the bathroom and asked her son if he wanted to go swimming. At first the boy answered yes. Allen then got into the tub and …
Michael Glen is happiest when he’s in his red chair, floating thousands of feet in the air and looking down at the world shrinking beneath his feet. He’s untethered here, free from the limitations of the black wheelchair waiting for him on the ground. Nearly every morning, Glen lifts himself from his wheelchair to a custom chair attached to a six-story-tall balloon – and escapes into the sky. He has taken it to 27 different states, to Canada, to Mexico, over lakes and next to mountains. It has allowed him to go to schools in his black chair and inspire children, reminding them that they can overcome their limitations.
Luis Solano was resisting officers — who were trying to restrain him after he demonstrated erratic behavior — when he lost consciousness last year. He died 10 days later, but a fact-finding review has determined officers' actions were justified in the event.
A construction crew hit a natural gas line Wednesday night, causing a leak that closed the intersection of Grand Central Parkway and West Bonneville Avenue in downtown Las Vegas.
Two motorists are in critical condition after a head-on collision early today along Eastern Avenue near Wigwam Avenue. Police responded about 3:20 a.m. to the crash.
North Las Vegas Police arrested a man Tuesday suspected of stabbing and killing a 54-year-old man after a fight at the victim’s apartment, authorities said.
Arrest report describes actions that preceded officer-involved shooting
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Julio Estrada-Lopez stood at Charleston Boulevard and pointed his gun at the sky. Moments earlier he had attempted to rob two people nearby and threatened a third person with his gun.
A drunk man took an airplane on a joy ride Sunday night and landed himself in the Clark County Detention Center. The man said he was simply trying to finish off portions of his pilot's license.
The 27 puppies that survived a fire at a Las Vegas pet shop may have found a new place to stay. Donald Thompson, who co-owns Princes & Princesses pet shop, has offered to donate the puppies to animal rescue group Home 4 Spot, Clark County spokesman Dan Kulin said. The rescue group is a nonprofit that provides foster care and medicine while seeking a home for abandoned pets.
Two motorcyclists were injured in separate crashes this morning on Interstate 15 North near Charleston Boulevard. Police described their injuries as...
Metro Police were able to safely evacuate a woman and child from an apartment and then arrest the man who held them in an apartment after a domestic dispute Sunday.
The day after Dawn Prendes found out her husband, Metro Sgt. Henry Prendes, died in the line of duty, her first call was to a landowner in Montana. She and her husband had purchased a 17-acre tract of land with plans of hosting summer camps there for at-risk youths. But could she go through with the camp without Henry?