Crime

Car drives onto pedestrian bridge on Las Vegas Strip

(Nevada Highway Patrol)

More Stories

A GoFundMe page has been set of for a family after two children were killed and two more were i ...

2 children killed in Las Vegas hit-and-run identified

Las Vegas police shoot, kill man in southeast valley

‘She was vulnerable’: Neighbors remember woman found in Las Vegas freezer

FILE - Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department vehicle lights. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Police say woman held hostage by attempted murder suspect said he didn’t threaten her

By Mark Davis / Las Vegas Review-Journal

April 16, 2021 - 10:17 pm

Just when you think you had seen it all in Las Vegas.

On Friday night, the Nevada Highway Patrol tweeted that a driver had been arrested on “suspicion of DUI” after driving on a pedestrian bridge on the Las Vegas Strip.

What happens in Vegas... 🤦🏻‍♂️ This evening the DUI Strike Team arrested this driver on suspicion of DUI, and yes that’s a pedestrian bridge, for people not cars. #drivesober #lasvegas #DUIStrikeTeam #nhpsocomm pic.twitter.com/k6j2DZkRHk

— NHP Southern Command (@NHPSouthernComm) April 17, 2021

It appears that that the incident happened on a pedestrian bridge linking the Encore’s self-parking garage to the resort.

The DUI Strike Team with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department made an arrest, according to a tweet from Highway Patrol.

2 children killed in Las Vegas hit-and-run identified

By Estelle Atkinson / RJ

November 12, 2024 - 2:15 pm

Two children killed in a hit-and-run crash Friday have been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.

Las Vegas police shoot, kill man in southeast valley

By Mark Davis / RJ

November 12, 2024 - 2:11 pm

An officer with the Metropolitan Police Department shot and killed a man early Tuesday in the southeast Las Vegas Valley.

‘She was vulnerable’: Neighbors remember woman found in Las Vegas freezer

By Noble Brigham / RJ

November 11, 2024 - 6:11 pm

Police said a 68-year-old woman’s body was discovered in a 55-plus mobile home park after neighbors requested a welfare check.

Police say woman held hostage by attempted murder suspect said he didn’t threaten her

By Noble Brigham / RJ

November 10, 2024 - 4:14 pm

The woman also told police she was concerned that he’d try to stop her if she tried to leave, according to a Metropolitan Police Department arrest report.

Two children were killed when a stolen 2014 Lexus GS350 heading west on Flamingo Road toward th ...

2 kids killed after speeding stolen car runs red light; driver flees

By Akiya Dillon and Marvin Clemons / RJ

November 10, 2024 - 11:45 pm

Two kids were killed Friday in a crash caused by a speeding, red-light-running stolen vehicle, the second such deadly collision in Las Vegas in two days.

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford speaks at a press conference at the Grant Sawyer Building in ...

Nevadans targeted in racist text messaging campaign, officials say

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

November 8, 2024 - 2:04 pm

The Nevada attorney general’s office said anonymous racist messages that targeted Black Americans across the U.S. reached residents of the Silver State.