Prosecutors added several new charges Friday against the man accused of raping and killing UNLV student Paula Davis.
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David Ferrara covers courts and legal affairs. He joined the newspaper in 2014 after more than six years reporting in the Deep South, where he wrote extensively about the BP oil spill. Prior to that, he worked for newspapers, magazines and a wire service in Chicago. He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
UNLV student Paula Davis was raped as she died from a pair of gunshot wounds to the back of her head, court records show.
A former correctional officer trainee at High Desert State Prison charged in the shooting death of an inmate struck a deal with prosecutors Tuesday.
A recorded prison phone conversation suggests that the corrections officials knew of a plot by two alleged Aryan Warriors members to kill a rival gang member.
A man who twice burglarized entertainer Wayne Newton’s home must serve at least 22 years in prison, a judge in Las Vegas ruled Tuesday.
A Las Vegas man, Christopher Prestipino, was indicted Monday in the slaying of a 24-year-old model whose body authorities said was found encased in concrete.
A man charged with driving under the influence and causing a seven-vehicle crash that left one person dead in Las Vegas was ordered held on $100,000 bail Monday.
A man jolted from a toilet and injured after a tour bus slammed into a rest stop near Valley of Fire State Park has filed a lawsuit in Las Vegas.
A Summerlin man with a history of engaging in police standoffs was sent to a psychiatric facility after being found incompetent to stand trial.
Matthew David Carter, 36, must serve a year and a day behind bars, followed by three years of supervised release, a U.S. District Judge in Washington state ordered.
Prosecutors said Tuesday that they would seek the death penalty for a North Las Vegas couple charged in the death of a 2-year-old boy.
A Las Vegas judge set bail at $500,000 on Tuesday for a man charged with the slaying of a 24-year-old model whose body authorities said was found encased in concrete.
A Las Vegas woman has been ordered to serve 18 years to life in prison in the death of a man who fell from the hood of a car in January 2018.
A Las Vegas man was ordered to serve up to 44 years behind bars Friday for driving drunk and killing a husband and wife in the west valley.
A third person suspected in the death of 24-year-old Esmeralda Gonzalez has been arrested in Wisconsin on murder and kidnapping charges, the Review-Journal has learned.