Ricardo Torres-Cortez
Story Archive
- Man arrested after boy, 2, shot by another child, jail logs show
- Friday, June 1, 2018
- A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a 2-year-old boy shot by another child Wednesday morning in the northeast valley, according to Metro Police and ...
- Pedestrian hit by car Friday night has died, police say
- Thursday, May 31, 2018
- A pedestrian who was critically injured in a hit-and-run crash Friday night in the east valley has died, Metro Police said today. Mickey Neal, 51, was hospitalized in ...
- Sketch shows suspect in sexual assault of 11-year-old girl
- Tuesday, May 29, 2018
- Metro Police today released a composite sketch of the suspect in the sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl who accepted a ride from a man last week. He is black man with a slender build ...
- Reports of shots fired during armed robbery in Henderson
- Tuesday, May 29, 2018
- Henderson Police arrested a man and recovered a gun they say he fired this morning during an armed robbery near ...
- 1 killed, 1 hurt when car crashes into parked truck
- Thursday, May 24, 2018
- A speeding car crashed into an unoccupied pickup truck this morning in North Las Vegas, killing the driver and critically injuring his passenger, according to police. A silver Honda sedan was ...
- Police: Boy, 15, shoots parents before mom shoots son
- Thursday, May 24, 2018
- A 15-year-old boy shot his parents this morning at their west valley house, killing his father and wounding his mother, who grabbed a gun and shot the teen, according to Metro Police. Gunfire erupted about 10:45 a.m. in a neighborhood in the 9900 block of Barrier Reef Drive, near Sahara Avenue and ...
- Foreign tourist reported missing in Las Vegas is found
- Thursday, May 24, 2018
- A foreign tourist who was reported missing Wednesday night after getting separated from his family on the Las Vegas Strip has been found ...
- Police investigating fatal motorcycle-auto crash
- Wednesday, May 23, 2018
- Metro Police say they’re investigating a fatal crash between a car and a motorcycle near Washington Avenue and Tenaya Way. Officers were dispatched about ...
- Jury awards students $540,000 in 2013 attack at Canyon Springs High School
- Tuesday, May 22, 2018
- Almost five years after three students were attacked and pistol whipped by intruders during a Canyon Springs High School senior breakfast, a jury Monday night awarded the students more than a half-million dollars in damages, according to ...
- State Assembly candidate arrested on 9 felony counts
- Thursday, May 17, 2018
- A candidate for state Assembly is in jail on counts of burglary, forgery and offering a false document in a case unrelated to his election bid, according to ...
- County vote likely wards off closure of Las Vegas detox clinic
- Tuesday, May 15, 2018
- The area’s lone detox treatment facility of its kind is a step closer to averting closure at the end of the month after a favorable Clark County Commission vote Tuesday ...
- County recognizes officers who aided victims of park shooting
- Tuesday, May 15, 2018
- The Clark County Commission today recognized two police officers who rushed to the scene of a shooting last month at Sunset Park and provided first aid to a ...
- Police seek suspects in Las Vegas Strip thefts
- Tuesday, May 15, 2018
- Metro Police are searching for two men they say are responsible for three thefts last month on the Las Vegas Strip. The first incident occurred about 6:30 p.m. on April 22 in a ...
- Unstable funding jeopardizes clinic serving mentally ill, addicts in downtown Las Vegas
- Monday, May 14, 2018
- The 50-bed facility at 323 N. Maryland Parkway is credited with helping 5,000 patients annually. But it is also struggling with funding and could shutter in the coming months, leaving Southern Nevada without the area’s lone detox treatment facility ...
- Metro Police investigating fatal shooting in central valley
- Wednesday, May 9, 2018
- A fistfight in a central valley neighborhood escalated into a shooting that left one man dead and another on ...
- Nevada disposes of 8,000 pounds of unused drugs for Take Back Day
- Tuesday, May 8, 2018
- Out of the roughly 1 million pounds of prescription drugs dropped off to be safely destroyed during the national Take Back Day, Nevadans contributed more than 8,000 pounds ...
- Program saving people from the streets, changing lives
- Monday, May 7, 2018
- In a city often noted for its excess — lavish hotel suites and multimillion-dollar homes — Michael Overton’s modest, one-bedroom apartment might not seem like much. But for Overton, who has lived on the streets on and off since 2008, it means everything. It is an escape from a “dog-eat-dog” lifestyle and gives him a sense of ...
“You see (the homeless) get
- Man faces arson charge in fire at unfinished north Strip resort
- Thursday, May 3, 2018
- A Las Vegas man who authorities allege intentionally sparked a fire at an unfinished resort on the north Strip, causing about $10 million in damage, today was charged with arson ...
- Las Vegas man, 45, killed in single-vehicle crash
- Wednesday, May 2, 2018
- A motorist was killed Tuesday night when a pickup truck veered off a south valley road and overturned in a dirt lot, according to Metro Police. The 45-year-old Las Vegas man, who was ...
- Metro Police to release video from Oct. 1 mass shooting
- Tuesday, May 1, 2018
- Metro Police will release video recordings from the Oct. 1 mass shooting investigation, but it will be costly for the department and the footage may be upsetting for victims and their families, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said today. Metro had sought to delay the release of video recordings, 911 tapes and documents, but the Nevada Supreme Court on Friday ruled the information be made public after ...
- Henderson firefighter wins top award, living boyhood dream
- Sunday, April 29, 2018
- Mark Lester politely brushes aside congratulations for being named Henderson’s Firefighter of the Year. The real reward, he says, is in the faces of a small group of cardiac arrest survivors invited to a recent awards ceremony to ...
- NHP caught up in Golden Knights fever as cruisers get gear
- Friday, April 27, 2018
- To honor the Vegas Golden Knights in their still-undefeated run in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, a couple of Nevada Highway Patrol cruisers have been outfitted with large decals of ...
- Las Vegas special-ed teacher accused of stealing, pawning iPads
- Friday, April 27, 2018
- In an attempt to conceal the “Property of the Clark County School District” etchings on the stolen Apple iPads, the suspects accused of pawning them — one a teacher — placed stickers over ...
- Metro seeks driver in fatal pedestrian crash
- Thursday, April 26, 2018
- Metro Police say they are looking for the driver in a fatal hit-and-run involving a pedestrian Wednesday night in the central valley. The motorist ditched a 1999 Chrysler LHS sedan about ...
- Police: Suspect arrested in fatal shooting in alley
- Wednesday, April 25, 2018
- A suspect in the fatal shooting of a man Friday in an alley near Twain Avenue and Swenson Street was arrested today, according to Metro Police. A passerby who stumbled upon the scene summoned ...
- Pilot ejects from Arizona-based fighter jet south of Las Vegas
- Tuesday, April 24, 2018
- A pilot was in good condition after ejecting from an F-16 fighter jet while attempting to land this morning in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., about 150 miles south of Las Vegas, according to ...
- Police ID man in fatal shooting of roommate
- Tuesday, April 24, 2018
- Metro Police today identified a man arrested in the fatal shooting of a roommate in the backyard of their southwest valley house Monday morning. Officers arrived about ...
- Southern Nevada Bicycle Coalition pushing for safety, searching for new members
- Sunday, April 22, 2018
- Membership to the Southern Nevada Bicycle Coalition is free. And joining includes ...
- Vegas hotel window washers unharmed after tangled in ropes
- Friday, April 20, 2018
- Windy conditions earlier today caused the ropes of two window cleaners to become tangled outside ...
- Man's gun misfired before shooting 2 Vegas casino executives at company picnic
- Friday, April 20, 2018
- The first pull of Anthony Wrobel’s gun did not produce a bullet and the second fired an accidental round to the ground ...
- Fire officials: Camper blaze leaves 1 with serious injuries
- Friday, April 20, 2018
- A camper fire in a neighborhood near Harmon Avenue and Jones Boulevard this morning left a person ...
- Suspect in casino picnic shooting fled in car he planted 3 days earlier, arrested at Texas rest stop
- Thursday, April 19, 2018
- Authorities in the Texas Panhandle this morning arrested a "disgruntled" dealer suspected of shooting two Strip hotel-casino executives. Anthony Wrobel, 42, was taken into custody without further incident in ...
- Two arrested in North Las Vegas convenience store robberies
- Wednesday, April 18, 2018
- Tips from the public led to the arrest of two men in a pair of armed robberies at North Las Vegas convenience stores earlier this month, police announced today. Damian Torchy, 30, and Daniel Parker, 36, were ...
- Suspect sought in sexual assault at east valley business
- Wednesday, April 18, 2018
- Before a sexual assault at an east valley business Monday, a man walked into the store, looked around and asked the victim if anyone else was there, according to Metro Police. The suspect’s entrance was captured on ...
- Sandoval orders flags at half-staff to honor Barbara Bush
- Wednesday, April 18, 2018
- Gov. Brian Sandoval has ordered U.S. and state flags to be flown at half-staff at the Capitol and other public buildings until sunset Saturday in honor of ...
- Person severely burned in early morning fire
- Wednesday, April 18, 2018
- A person suffered severe burns early today in a fire outside a storage business near Flamingo Road and Rainbow Boulevard, according to the Clark County Fire Department. The burn victim was taken to ...
- UNLV Police say woman fondled in campus parking lot
- Wednesday, April 18, 2018
- UNLV Police say they are looking for a man who fondled a female student in a campus parking lot Tuesday morning. The incident was reported about ...
- Police: Disgruntled dealer with gun targeted casino executives at picnic
- Tuesday, April 17, 2018
- A dealer suspected of shooting two Strip casino executives Sunday during a company picnic at Sunset Park, killing one of them, planned his attack and targeted the victims, according to ...
- Police: Strip dealer still at large in fatal shooting at picnic
- Sunday, April 15, 2018
- A disgruntled Strip casino dealer showed up at a picnic organized by coworkers Sunday at a south valley park and opened fire, killing a woman and critically injuring a man, according to Metro Police. The suspect ...
- Slot player wins $620K at The Orleans in Las Vegas
- Friday, April 13, 2018
- The lucky woman was playing the Aristocrat's Buffalo Grand machine about 2:30 a.m. when she won ...
- Pahrump man gets 15 years for possessing stolen guns
- Friday, April 13, 2018
- A Pahrump felon who sold a stolen semiautomatic rifle and a stolen revolver to an undercover federal agent in 2014 is headed to prison, according to ...
- Man wounded in shooting at west valley house
- Friday, April 13, 2018
- A man was wounded and a person was detained this afternoon after a shooting inside a west valley house, according to Metro Police. The shooting was reported ...
- Highway Patrol IDs man killed in rollover crash
- Friday, April 13, 2018
- The Nevada Highway Patrol identified a motorist killed Thursday night in a single-car, rollover crash as Jeffery Sedgh, 41. The wreck happened about 7:50 p.m. in the westbound lanes of ...
- Las Vegas cold case homicide victim 'didn’t deserve to die like that'
- Friday, April 13, 2018
- Five-year-old Aubrielle Stevenson shrinks her arms and hides her head on her grandmother’s stomach, shying away from a message she intended to give in front of a camera. “Do you want me to say it for you?” asks Terrilyn Bowser, looking down on the little girl, who nods her head. “Aubrielle wants to know, why did the man (have to) take ...
- Police: Woman suspected of DUI in fatal 6-vehicle crash
- Thursday, April 12, 2018
- A woman suspected of driving under the influence caused a six-vehicle crash this morning that killed one person and injured three others at Las Vegas Boulevard and Warm Springs Road, according to ...
- Former tax preparer filed false income tax returns, authorities say
- Wednesday, April 11, 2018
- A Las Vegas woman slated to go to trial this summer on charges of filing false federal income tax returns is facing up to 45 years in prison, according to the office of the U.S. attorney for the district of Nevada ...
- Man shot to death at motel near Strip
- Tuesday, April 10, 2018
- A man was slain inside a motel room just off the Strip Monday night, and detectives are trying to track down the gunman, according to Metro Police. Gunfire was reported about 9 p.m. at ...
- Ex-convict gets 3 years in vicious sucker-punch death
- Tuesday, April 10, 2018
- A man who last year threw an unprovoked sucker punch outside a bar in downtown Las Vegas, fatally injuring a California man, will serve ...
- Unattended candle starts fire at east valley apartment
- Tuesday, April 10, 2018
- An unattended candle sparked a blaze Monday night at an east valley apartment that caused about $15,000 in damage, Las Vegas Fire & Rescue officials said. Crews responded about ...
- How are we doing six months after the Oct. 1 shooting?
- Thursday, March 29, 2018
- It’s been six months since the Oct. 1 mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival on the Las Vegas Strip. But for the loved ones of those killed on Oct. 1 and the thousands injured or affected, the tragedy still prevails day to day as they nurse emotional wounds ...