Ricardo Torres-Cortez

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‘Modern posse’ rounds up 135 felony suspects, authorities say
Friday, Sept. 7, 2018
A three-week operation led by the U.S. Marshals Service in Nevada led to 135 arrests of suspects wanted in felonies across the country, the agency announced today ...
Holder, at Las Vegas event, endorses Sisolak for governor
Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018
About a week after he received a nod from former President Barack Obama, Nevada gubernatorial candidate Steve Sisolak picked up another high-profile endorsement ...
Police: Hostage’s decision to snatch gun likely saved her life
Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018
With a robber’s arm wrapped around her neck and a gun pointed at her head, a pawn shop employee grabbed the handgun and ran just before Metro Police officers shot and wounded the man as he reached for a rifle ...
Police report: Boy, 2, suffered scratches, bruises, burn
Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018
While a mass search for a 3-year-old boy reported missing Sunday at Sunset Park was taking place, detectives discovered that his younger brother had scratches and ...
1 killed in small plane crash outside of Las Vegas
Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018
A small, single-engine airplane crashed south of Las Vegas Wednesday night, killing one occupant, authorities said. The crash was reported about 9:20 p.m. near ...
Police: Car was going 103 mph before deadly crash
Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018
Before blowing through a red light and causing a crash that killed an 8-year-old boy and critically injured a woman, a motorist had accelerated her Chevrolet Camaro to 103 mph, according to ...
Man, 38, arrested in beating death of girlfriend
Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018
A 38-year-old man was being held on a murder count in the beating death of his girlfriend Tuesday at an apartment in North Las Vegas, according to police. North Las Vegas Police identified the ...
Dorothy Sargent, 84, was killed in 2005 in Las Vegas. Her killer hasn't been found
Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018
Not knowing he had just hugged his mother for the last time, Keith Sargent watched as the 84-year-old woman limped to an airplane to fly back home to Las Vegas. “I hope this isn’t the last time I see her,” Sargent internalized at ...
Man found fatally shot on northeast valley road
Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018
Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man found shot to death early today on a northeast valley road, according to Metro Police. Investigators are exploring the ...
Dealer who sold ammo to Las Vegas shooter is indicted
Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018
An Arizona man who sold the Oct. 1 mass killer armor-piercing rounds was indicted today by a federal grand jury Las Vegas on a count of ...
Police: Gunman robs Circus Circus cashier’s cage
Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018
Metro Police are searching for a gunman they say robbed a cashier’s cage at Circus Circus early today. The robbery occurred about 2:30 a.m. at the casino on ...
Woman, 96, hit by car on sidewalk, dies
Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018
A 96-year-old pedestrian was fatally injured Tuesday when she was hit by a car exiting a private driveway in ...
Police: Boy, 16, arrested at school after gun found in backpack
Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018
A Centennial High School student was arrested on campus today after officers found a 9mm handgun in his backpack, according to Clark County School District Police. The ...
Police: Man in shooting was supposed to be on house arrest
Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018
A man who exchanged gunfire with a Metro Police detective Saturday night is a five-time convicted felon who was supposed to be ...
Man with gunshot wound found dead in truck
Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018
Metro Police responding to a report of gunshots early today found a man dead in the driver’s seat of a pickup truck in an alley. Officers found the truck, which had crashed into ...
Suspect arrested in fatal overnight stabbing
Friday, Aug. 17, 2018
A street argument early today turned deadly when a man stabbed another man in the neck, according to Metro Police. The suspect, Andrew Singleton, 42, was arrested by ...
Birds slaughtered at community vegetable garden
Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018
Ten chickens, four ducks and a goose were killed this week at a community vegetable garden in the north valley, leaving residents and Metro Police investigators perplexed as to ...
Police investigating apparent murder-suicide in southwest valley
Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018
Less than two days after a woman confided in a family member that she and her boyfriend were separating, the couple’s bodies were found in a south valley apartment in an apparent ...
Authorities ID two men killed in Interstate 11 crash
Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018
Two men killed Tuesday morning in a fiery head-on crash on the newly opened Interstate 11 were identified as Milford, Ohio, residents, according to the ...
Police: Woman killed near resort's parking garage
Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018
Metro Police say a woman was found fatally shot near a resort's parking garage. Lt. Ray Spencer says the victim's body was discovered early this morning by security personnel at ...
Fatal head-on crash closes part of Interstate 11
Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018
A fiery head-on crash on the newly opened Interstate 11 killed two people and injured two others this morning, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol. The crash happened ...
Police: Man pretending to be cop threatens victims into sex acts
Friday, Aug. 10, 2018
Carvajal would drive up to the victims and discuss “a price for a sexual act,” later identifying himself as an undercover officer ...
Suspects targeted by ICE raids had bought 4 Las Vegas homes, documents show
Friday, Aug. 10, 2018
To conceal earnings made by allegedly exploiting undocumented workers, suspects in a large-scale racket busted by federal agents this week purchased at least four houses in the Las Vegas Valley, according to a federal complaint unsealed Thursday. The documents spotlight an elaborate conspiracy allegedly ...
Man dies in North Las Vegas industrial accident
Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018
A man died this morning in North Las Vegas after becoming trapped under machinery at an industrial business, according to city officials. The incident was reported about ...
ICE raids against businesses included Las Vegas site
Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018
A federal operation against businesses that allegedly exploited undocumented workers — possibly the biggest of its kind — reached Las Vegas, according to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. At least one search warrant was served at a Las Vegas-area location, but further information was not ...
Police: Jailed mom wanted to ‘free’ child from medical condition
Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018
A mother accused trying to smother her daughter with a pillow said she wanted to “free” the toddler from an incurable medical condition, according to Metro Police. The ...
Police: ‘Tortured’ child suffered burns, possible rat bites
Friday, Aug. 3, 2018
A 4-year-old boy who died this week suffered broken bones, cuts, burns and possible rat bites, according to Metro Police, who said the child was “obviously tortured.” A woman who had been ...
Henderson Police: Man, woman dead in apparent murder-suicide
Friday, Aug. 3, 2018
A man and woman were found shot to death this morning in an apparent murder-suicide, according to Henderson Police. A care provider discovered the ...
Sheriff: No motive determined, no others involved in Oct. 1 shooting
Friday, Aug. 3, 2018
Metro Police say a gunman who opened fire on a Las Vegas Strip concert last year had a “troubled mind,” but they are closing their investigation without determining a motive for the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. “Without a ...
Sheriff Lombardo: Crimes rates down in Las Vegas
Friday, Aug. 3, 2018
Crime rates in the Las Vegas area are “steadily going down,” something Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo partly credits to a boost in patrol officers who ...
Police arrest suspects in theft of trailer full of guns
Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018
Hundreds of guns stolen from a Henderson casino parking lot this week were recovered Wednesday night during a SWAT operation in a west valley neighborhood, according to Henderson Police. After the theft of a pickup truck and ...
Pahrump teens suspected in mother's death first told police it was assisted suicide
Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018
The teenage boys first told Pahrump deputies that their mother had simply vanished. When pressed further, they claimed to have assisted her in suicide ...
Trailer with 400 guns stolen from Henderson casino parking lot
Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018
A truck and a trailer filled with hundreds of guns were stolen Tuesday from a Henderson casino parking lot, according to police. There were roughly 400 guns in ...
Woman arrested after child found in medical distress at motel
Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018
A woman was arrested on a count of attempted murder after a toddler was found in medical distress Tuesday at an east valley motel, according to Metro Police. Ashley Smith, 30, was ...
Prosecutors drop case against former Metro officer in man’s death
Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018
Prosecutors today dropped the case against a former Metro Police officer in the death of Tashii Brown last year, according to the Clark County District Attorney’s Office. The announcement came ...
Police search for suspect in attempted ATM break-ins
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Metro Police say they are looking for a motorcyclist who last month tried to break into several ATMs at west valley banks. Surveillance camera images show the suspect wearing a backpack, a helmet and ...
Motorcyclist killed in crash; man arrested on DUI count
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
A 75-year-old man was arrested Monday night on a DUI count after a crash that killed a motorcyclist, according to Henderson Police. Officers responded about ...
Two shot on Boulder Highway, have 'survivable wounds'
Sunday, July 29, 2018
An altercation in a parking lot of an east valley casino Saturday night left two people with gunshot wounds ...
Pahrump man charged after tortoise found with a hole drilled on its shell
Saturday, July 28, 2018
A Pahrump man was arrested after deputies found a desert tortoise in a backyard with a hole drilled on its shell and ...
Afternoon crash in west Las Vegas sends two to hospital
Saturday, July 28, 2018
A man suffering from a medical episode rammed his car into a concrete pole this afternoon in the west valley, which consequently ...
7 cats killed in east Las Vegas apartment fire
Saturday, July 28, 2018
A person was treated for smoke inhalation and seven cats were killed Saturday afternoon in a fire at ...
Mosquitoes in Las Vegas area test positive for West Nile virus
Friday, July 27, 2018
Mosquitoes in the east valley have tested positive for the West Nile virus, but there have been no reports of human cases this year, the Southern Nevada Health District announced today. The infected mosquitoes were ...
Most firearms traced by ATF in Nevada are handguns
Friday, July 27, 2018
Last year, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives traced 5,046 guns confiscated by Nevada law enforcement agencies, according to a federal report released this week. Most of those weapons ...
Former Metro officer won't be indicted in death on Strip
Thursday, July 26, 2018
A grand jury today decided against indicting former Metro Police officer Kenneth Lopera, who is accused of involuntary manslaughter in the death last year of an unarmed man ...
Dramatic video shows fatal highway crash
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Standing in the middle of a remote highway northeast of Las Vegas, a construction crew flagger holding a stop sign appears to notice a semitruck approaching ...
Police: Gunman shoved victim before fatal shooting
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
At first, the gunman and the gunshot victim were on separate floors at a motel north of the Strip, several yards apart. But an escalating argument found them ...
Woman hurt when police cruiser hits car during pursuit
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
A woman suffered severe injuries Tuesday when a police cruiser pursuing a stolen vehicle hit the car she was driving, according to Metro Police. The 46-year-old woman ...
Police: Homeless Laughlin man killed girlfriend, burned her belongings
Sunday, July 22, 2018
Aaron Campbell, a homeless man in Laughlin, initially told police that he found his girlfriend’s body in a ditch hours after she walked away from ...
Kitchen fire at hotel on north Strip forces evacuations
Saturday, July 21, 2018
Three floors of a north Strip hotel were evacuated this morning as crews responded to a kitchen fire ...
Excessive heat likely a factor in deaths of Las Vegas homeless people
Friday, July 20, 2018
Scorching conditions the past three days likely contributed to the deaths of three apparently homeless people in Las Vegas. In response, officials are enhancing their efforts to ...