The Las Vegas man was wrongfully convicted in 1985 at the age of 14 of first-degree murder. The conviction could have kept him in prison until his death.
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.
Brent Wilson was arrested on Jan. 22 during a traffic stop in Las Vegas. He is charged with possession of narcotics and unlawful possession of a gun.
The original bassist for Panic! at the Disco was arrested last month in Las Vegas on drug and weapons charges, according to police records.
The lockdown was in effect for several days, between Jan. 28 and Monday, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.
John Dabritz is charged with open murder, third-degree arson, grand larceny of a motor vehicle and grand larceny of a firearm in connection with the March shooting.
Northwest Academy and its married owners first made headlines in 2019, as Nye County deputies investigated reports of abuse at the Amargosa Valley school.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating an officer who posted a photo of himself with a crowd outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, the day of a deadly riot.
A Las Vegas woman was sentenced for her role in a mass mailing scheme that authorities say bilked “hundreds of thousands of victims.”
Henderson police identified the suspect as 37-year-old Joshua Watkins, who was briefly hospitalized with nonlife-threatening injuries after the shooting.
Mortuary workers will be among the last in Tier 2 to receive the COVID-19 vaccine — after essential retail workers, emergency road personnel and others.
A surge in COVID-19 deaths has overwhelmed many of Southern Nevada’s mortuaries, which have reported concerns over capacity issues to the state’s funeral board.
The recent death of Samuel Little, the nation’s most prolific serial killer, will have little to no effect on investigative efforts by Las Vegas police in connection with a possible killing in the early 1990s.
“It’s a very good day for the state, but more importantly, it’s a very good day for all the survivors who’ve been waiting up to this point to have their rape kits tested,” said Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford.
A lawsuit claims that the Metropolitan Police Department and its union have “maliciously conspired” to intimidate rank-and-file officers who join a “rival” police union.
For patients diagnosed with leukemia or lymphoma, a bone marrow or cord blood transplant may be their only hope for a cure. Donor Cade Cridland found his match this year.