In a previously unpublicized killing, a 55-year-old Las Vegas man was fatally punched in the head in September after encountering a suspected car burglar in his driveway.
Rio Lacanlale
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Rio Lacanlale, whose work for the Review-Journal ranges from crime reports to video storytelling, joined the newspaper in October 2016. Before that, the UNLV broadcast journalism graduate contributed to newsrooms in central Italy and Washington, D.C. Rio is also a passionate traveler who enjoys living out of a backpack for months at a time.
The Nevada Highway Patrol has said that just before 12:20 p.m. Tuesday, the corrections officer hit the back of an NDOT truck driving slowly on U.S. Highway 95.
While reporting on the Metropolitan Police Department’s K-9 section, Review-Journal writer Rio Lacanlale agreed to let a 100-pound Dutch shepherd attack her.
The Review-Journal spent three days with the Metropolitan Police Department K-9 section to gain an understanding of an average day for a K-9 handler.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a woman who died early Sunday after being ejected from her sedan in a crash in Henderson.
A man suspected of stabbing a Las Vegas police dog in the neck during a barricade Saturday morning faces seven felony counts, according to jail and court records.
A Las Vegas police dog was rushed into surgery Saturday morning after it was stabbed in the neck by a wanted man during a barricade.
Las Vegas homicide and arson investigators believe Renai Palmer intentionally set her 6-year-old son on fire earlier this month, igniting a house fire that would kill them both.
Las Vegas police have arrested a second suspect in connection with a deadly shooting in July at a northwest condominium complex, the Review-Journal has learned.
A man in his 30s was killed early Wednesday in a shooting in a central valley business complex parking lot, according to Las Vegas police.
A Las Vegas police officer was arrested Saturday on suspicion of selling or transporting a controlled substance and destroying or concealing evidence, records show.
“It was a narcotics deal turned bad,” said North Las Vegas police spokesman Eric Leavitt.
A wrongful death lawsuit filed this week claims Celia Luna-Delgado ’s employer failed to implement adequate security to “detect and deter the criminal activity” that led to her killing last year.
A photo of the vandalized sign at the Revival Temple Church of God in Christ was posted on Twitter by Assemblyman William McCurdy II, who represents Assembly District 6.
“To stop gun violence, we need to know where it’s occurring,” said Metropolitan Police Department Capt. James LaRochelle.