The death of a 50-year-old man, who died in Las Vegas police custody after he was stopped for riding his bike without safety lights, was ruled a homicide Thursday by the Clark County coroner’s office.
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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 threat at the mall, 7400 Las Vegas Blvd. South, was first reported about noon Tuesday to the Metropolitan Police Department.
While taking a polygraph test, Elizabeth Castillo told police she kicked her son while sleeping in the same bed, per her arrest report. The toddler died three days later.
As of Monday, Henderson police spokesman Rod Peña said no arrests had been made in the case.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a 72-year-old bicyclist who died Friday afternoon when he was struck by a car in southwest Las Vegas.
The victim crashed into the fence about 2:35 a.m. on West Ogden Avenue, east of South City Parkway, after losing control at a left-hand curve in the road.
Las Vegas police suspect that a man who was found dead on Sunday in a parked car in east Las Vegas was killed in a drug-related shooting.
The body of a woman who had been missing since May was found last week inside a “concrete and wooden structure” in a desert area north of the valley, Las Vegas police said.
A man who was badly burned last week when a fire swept through a boarded-up central Las Vegas office building died over the weekend. His identity has not been released.
Jacqueline Dillon was killed by a hit-and-run driver in April while walking with her grandchild. Police still don’t know who was behind the wheel of the car that night.
In an amended Las Vegas Justice Court case, the suspect now only faces one misdemeanor count of providing a false statement to obstruct a public officer.
A 24-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the September death of a year-old Las Vegas boy whose family has a history with Child Protective Services, the Review-Journal has learned.
A man and woman were in critical condition Friday after being pulled from a house fire in central Las Vegas. At least one of them suffered “serious burns,” authorities said.
Timothy Larson, 41, faces charges that include criminal damage at a place of worship and burglary for allegedly vandalizing the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Sedona.
Sean Murray talks about his 6-year-old son who died, along with the boy’s mother, on Tuesday after firefighters pulled them from a burning bedroom in a Las Vegas home.