A Las Vegas man was sentenced Wednesday to nearly 20 years in federal prison after he confessed to killing a woman in a Christmas Day 2002 drug deal. Senior U.S. District Judge Philip M. Pro sentenced Corey Thompson, 43, to 19 1/2 years in federal prison and five years of supervised release.
A stovetop fire Wednesday afternoon at an apartment building was doused by Clark County firefighters, causing little damage. Around 12:30 p.m., firefighters arrived at the Paradise Spa apartments at 9457 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Clark County fire officials said.
Media reports lead to tip of fugitive's whereabouts in California
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012
California law enforcement officers have arrested a man suspected of stealing more than $1.6 million in high-denomination gaming chips earlier this month from the Venetian casino, Metro Police announced Tuesday.
A man barricaded himself in a mobile home Tuesday morning after what authorities believe was a domestic dispute. Metro Police were called about 11:15 a.m. to the 3700 block of South Nellis Boulevard, Officer Laura Meltzer, Metro spokeswoman, said.
Another person in Clark County has been infected with the West Nile virus, and additional areas in Clark County with pools of mosquitoes carrying the virus have been identified, health officials reported Tuesday.
Two 11-year-olds accused of throwing rocks that led to the deaths this month of six newborn kittens were ordered today to return to court Nov. 13 to answer animal cruelty charges.
The weekend attack of bees on a Las Vegas family serves as a stark reminder that the valley is populated with the fiercely defensive Africanized “killer” bees, which may attack as a swarm when upset by a sharp noise or when their hive is disturbed.
Street to be known as 'Paradise City Road' through band's run at the Joint
Monday, Oct. 29, 2012
A major thoroughfare between McCarran International Airport and the Las Vegas Strip is being temporarily renamed to honor a hall-of-fame band taking up residency at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
Lake Mead National Recreation Area officials closed six Lake Mojave boat-launch ramps Monday because of declining water levels. Lake Mohave’s water level has been declining from 641 feet since September and is expected to drop to around 630 feet by Wednesday. Officials expect the water levels to rise again after Sunday and return to 633 feet by Nov. 8. At that point, the launch ramps will be reopened.
Michael Colbert, a Las Vegas gaming executive arrested in what authorities allege was a nationwide illegal sports betting ring, made an initial court appearance Monday morning.
The season for giving seemed to start early this year as a motley array of dancers with bulging muscles, TV personalities and children gathered to pile high food for the needy.
Animal activists, citing public safety as the operative concern, plan to protest Friday against a man who has been keeping three chimps at his southwest Las Vegas home. The organizer of the protest, Linda Faso, said she’s worried someone could get hurt.
Just two years ago, Sheriff Doug Gillespie thought of broken windows, shootings and drug deals when the area containing Sherman Gardens Annex came to his mind. His thoughts changed to ones of hope Wednesday as Metro Police officers, the Southern Nevada Housing Authority and other partners broke ground on a new makeover project for the public housing development on Doolittle Avenue.
A suspect is in custody in a 2004 homicide that stymied authorities until a cold case review this year yielded DNA evidence from the crime scene and Metro Police were able to reach a key witness who had broken contact with police in 2006.
A Las Vegas woman died Monday night after her vehicle rolled over in North Las Vegas, throwing her from the drivers seat. The 38-year-old woman was traveling south on Aliante Parkway, near Grand Teton Drive, when she drove off the road.
A passenger was killed and the driver critically injured Saturday when a sport utility vehicle drove onto a closed stretch of the 215 Beltway, went out of control and rolled, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
Metro Police have identified a man suspected of stealing high-denomination chips from the Venetian earlier this month as Akingide Cole, a 31-year-old Palmdale, Calif., resident.
A teenage girl was killed Monday when the car she was riding in crashed into a wall near Palora Avenue and McLeod Drive, Metro Police spokeswoman Laura Meltzer said.
Two people were injured in a four-vehicle wreck Thursday morning that blocked traffic at U.S. 95 and Las Vegas Boulevard, Nevada Highway Patrol spokesman Jeremie Elliot said.
Thieves who stole hundreds of feet of copper from a cold-storage warehouse in Henderson narrowly avoided cutting pipes funneling deadly ammonia gases, Henderson Police said. Workers at Americold storage, 830 E. Horizon Drive, near Boulder Highway, on Tuesday discovered 500 to 700 feet of copper pipe had been stolen from the roof of the business, according to a news release issued Wednesday by the city of Henderson.
An argument between reality TV star Flavor Flav and his fiancée of eight years over his cheating on their relationship escalated into a physical confrontation and resulted in the former hip hop singer’s arrest early Wednesday at their Las Vegas home.
A North Las Vegas man’s oversized cargo crashed into and damaged a Phoenix overpass, and he drove away, Arizona authorities said. Shane Skougard, 32, was hauling farm equipment from California on Oct. 4 when he caused severe damage to a bridge on Interstate 17, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said in a news release today.
A shooting Monday night outside a bar in the southwestern valley is under investigation. Metro Police spokeswoman Laura Meltzer said the shooting occurred about 9:50 p.m. Monday outside Village Pub & Poker, 7575 S. Rainbow Blvd.
An argument last week at a Las Vegas gas station turned violent when one of the combatants allegedly poured gasoline on the other and set him on fire, Metro Police said Monday in announcing an arrest.
What began as a civil debate between U.S. congressional candidates Danny Tarkanian and Steven Horsford devolved into less-structured verbal warfare as questions were posed about the environment, taxes and Medicare. The candidates met Sunday for the second time in less than a week to debate in the race for the newly formed 4th Congressional District seat.
Bryan Sanchez, a chef at Johnny Mac’s Bar and Grill in Henderson, was getting ready to open Thursday morning when he heard a loud noise and watched as a car crashed into the front window of the restaurant.
Potential voters will have more opportunity to register as the Clark County Election Department offices extend their hours in advance of Tuesday’s voter-registration deadline.
Power was out for some 1,500 NV Energy customers from about 5:20 to 6:30 a.m. today in the area of Durango Drive and Spring Mountain Road, the company said. No details were immediately available about what caused the outage.
Showers and thunderstorms moving Thursday through the Las Vegas Valley prompted the National Weather Service to issue several flash flood warnings for the central and western portion of the county.
Metro Police are in search of a man who robbed a business at gunpoint around 1:20 p.m. Wednesday. The man went into Frank Melaerts Jewelers, 421 S. Decatur Blvd., and robbed the business with a handgun.
A drop in water level on Lake Mohave will bring the temporary closing of six boat-launch ramps later this month. Lake Mead National Recreation Area officials will close the ramps from Oct. 29 through Nov. 7.