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A federal appeals court Friday upheld a Nevada law requiring sex offenders to be retroactively classified by their crimes instead of their risk of reoffending.
A former Las Vegas man, who posed as a highly decorated Army colonel in 2005 and falsified documents to obtain license plates reserved for wounded Nevada war veterans, has been arrested on fraud charges by police in Leesburg, Va.
A federal judge issued an injunction Friday that bars the Nevada Department of Corrections from serving its new “common fare” menu to an Orthodox Jewish inmate who adheres to a kosher diet.
A key player in the 2007 O.J. Simpson robbery case is expected to appear in Las Vegas Justice Court on Monday on charges of shoplifting from the Nellis Air Force Base Exchange.
FBI agents are investigating whether power broker Harvey Whittemore funneled tens of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions through his employees and family members to Nevada federal candidates as far back as 2007, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has learned.
Las Vegas police are investigating the slaying of a male victim near Decatur Boulevard and Vegas Drive. Homicide Lt. Ray Steiber said Thursday night the victim had been fatally shot.
Henderson Mayor Andy Hafen expressed remorse Thursday over what happened to Adam Greene, the man who was in diabetic shock when city police beat and kicked him during a traffic stop in October 2010.
FBI agents fanned out across the state Thursday serving grand jury subpoenas in a criminal investigation into allegations longtime political power broker Harvey Whittemore was involved in funneling illegal campaign contributions to federal races in Nevada, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has learned.
A 28-year-old motorcyclist who died Wednesday after crashing to avoid colliding with a sport utility vehicle in the southwest valley was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office Thursday as Osvaldo Cardenas-Amador. Cardenas-Amador was from Las Vegas, the coroner’s office said.
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