Man stops L.A. deputy to confess to 2013 killing in Las Vegas
 
Man stops L.A. deputy to confess to 2013 killing in Las Vegas

A man flagged down a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy and confessed to killing a man near downtown Las Vegas in 2013, police say. Police say 32-year-old Eric Jesus Martinez gave up details of the stabbing that “would only be known to the suspect.” The victim, Ronald Gray, was found on a sidewalk with more than 100 stab wounds in front of the Salvation Army. Martinez said “the voices in his head told him to kill him,” according to an arrest report. It remains unclear why Martinez turned himself in. He’s being held at the Clark County Detention Center without bail.

Tough Mudder launches studio brand in Las Vegas
 
Tough Mudder launches studio brand in Las Vegas

Tough Mudder, the obstacle course competition series, is opening a Las Vegas studio. It’s one of two inaugural locations for the new Tough Mudder Bootcamp brand. The studio, set to open in April, will offer high-intensity interval training for $10 a class. The studio program will cater to those training for Tough Mudder events and the general public. “When you go in a big gym, you’re most of the time just by yourself. You’re lonely, you do repetitive things, and it becomes boring. With our bootcamp, we bring that amazing atmosphere from the (Tough Mudder) event to the classroom.”

Las Vegas Morning Update For Friday, February 9th
 
Las Vegas Morning Update For Friday, February 9th

Friday’s headlines: 2 suspects arrested in deadly west Las Vegas shooting, kidnapping, Standoff in northwest Las Vegas ends with police officer in custody, Report of boy trapped in Las Vegas store bathroom investigated

2 dead at Henderson apartment complex
 
2 dead at Henderson apartment complex

Henderson police are investigating a possible murder-suicide at Parkway Townhomes.
Police received a call around 5:30 a.m. from the complex at Windmill Parkway and North Pecos Road. When police entered an apartment they found a man and a woman dead with apparent gunshot wounds.
This is Henderson’s first homicide of 2018.

Video of attempted kidnapping suspect’s car
 
Video of attempted kidnapping suspect’s car

Las Vegas police are attempting to identify a suspect in 2 attempted kidnappings. The suspect’s vehicle was described a red four door sedan with silver trim around the
windows. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)

‘Floor-to-ceiling’ renovations planned for Fremont Street Experience
 
‘Floor-to-ceiling’ renovations planned for Fremont Street Experience

The city of Las Vegas will request up to $9.5 million from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority to fund capital improvements at the Fremont Street Experience. Fremont Street Experience President and CEO Patrick Hughes told the council “floor-to-ceiling” renovations are planned at the downtown attraction. The LED display dates back 14 years. Hughes said the renovations will take place over 14 months. Fremont Street Experience President and CEO Patrick Hughes

Ancient Japanese sport of Sumo wrestling returns to Las Vegas
 
Ancient Japanese sport of Sumo wrestling returns to Las Vegas

Sumo wrestling is coming to Las Vegas! The last time sumo hit the Strip was Grand Sumo Las Vegas in 2005 More than 25,000 sumo wrestling enthusiasts and curious onlookers attended Now, the Ultimate Sumo League will come to Park Theater this April Tickets start at $59.50 to see sumo wrestlers from all over the world

Las Vegas morning update for Thursday, February 8
 
Las Vegas morning update for Thursday, February 8

A 21-year-old driver is dead after a car plunged into a lake in northwest Las Vegas.

A veteran Las Vegas police officer, Bret Theil, is indicted on more than two dozen kidnapping and sexual assault charges involving a child. Prosecutors say the crimes occurred over several years.

The city of Las Vegas wants to spend nearly $10 million on a large-scale renovation of the Fremont Street Experience. The renovations are expected to take more than a year.

A former UNLV football player, Richard Mapp, has pleaded guilty in a sex trafficking case.

A judge has ordered Las Vegas police to release 911 calls and body camera footage from the night of Oct. 1.

A women’s advocacy group is calling for Steve Wynn’s name to be removed from his hotel.

Sen. Dean Heller says he plans to introduce a bill to speed up the removal of undocumented immigrants affiliated with criminal street gangs.

The North Las Vegas City Council has voted 4-1 to fire Qiong Liu as city manager. She’s accused of attempting to give herself an extra $30,000 dollars in pay.

1 dead after car plunges into lake
 
1 dead after car plunges into lake

One person died when a vehicle he was riding in plunged into a lake in west Las Vegas.
Las Vegas Fire and Rescue crews responded to a report at 12:53 a.m. Thursday of a car submerged in a lake in Desert Shores.
A Technical Rescue Team was on the scene around 1:30 a.m. pulling the vehicle out of the water. Rescue crews donned wet suits to help pull the man out of the vehicle.
Las Vegas police confirmed at 2:31 a.m. that one person had died. Officers and investigators don’t believe at this time there was anyone else in the vehicle.

Robots come to life at Coral Academy of Science
 
Robots come to life at Coral Academy of Science

A new program at Coral Academy of Science’s Centennial Hills campus is teaching fifth-grade students about engineering and robotics. Meghin Delaney / Las Vegas Review-Journal

Las Vegas Morning Update For Wednesday, February 7
 
Las Vegas Morning Update For Wednesday, February 7

Wednesday’s headlines: Embattled Steve Wynn resigns as chairman and CEO of Wynn Resorts, Suspect in custody after deadly shooting in western Las Vegas, Mandalay Bay renumbering floor associated with Las Vegas shooting

Man killed, girlfriend found safe 
 
Man killed, girlfriend found safe 

Las Vegas police are investigating a homicide and kidnapping Wednesday morning in the west valley. A woman’s ex-boyfriend broke into a home, shot her current boyfriend and then kidnapped her, police said. She was later found safe.
The man who was shot was taken to a hospital where he died. The shooter was taken into custody after a chase that ended near Interstate 15 and Tropicana Avenue.

Homeless being targeted by unknown shooter
 
Homeless being targeted by unknown shooter

Capt. Robert Plummer of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department briefs the media on the recent shootings of four homeless men.

Las Vegas morning update for Tuesday, February 6th
 
Las Vegas morning update for Tuesday, February 6th

A man accused of smothering his infant in downtown Las Vegasyesterday isfacing a murder charge.
Democrat Steve Sisolak says that if elected Nevada governor he willdonate hissalary to nonprofits until the state’s public education system improves.
A virtual reality and escape room attraction called HeadzUp is coming to Boulevard Mall.
It’s expected to open this month.
And a team from ClarkHigh School has won the Nevada Science Bowl and will go to nationals in April.

Las Vegas morning update for Monday, February 5th
 
Las Vegas morning update for Monday, February 5th

Monday’s headlines: Las Vegas sports books buried by Eagles, Las Vegas court filing: Wynn wanted sex with waitress ‘to see how it feels’ to be with a grandmother. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal

Las Vegas Morning Update For Sunday, Febraury 4th
 
Las Vegas Morning Update For Sunday, Febraury 4th

Sunday’s headlines: Las Vegas police seek help solving killings of 3 homeless men, Man gunned down in drive-by shooting Friday in Las Vegas, Here are the biggest Super Bowl LII viewing parties in Las Vegas (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas Morning Update For Saturday, February 3
 
Las Vegas Morning Update For Saturday, February 3

Saturday’s headlines: Steve Wynn’s $7.5M settlement involved a paternity claim, report says, Prosecutors charge Arizona man who sold ammo to Las Vegas shooter, Ex-athletic director at Las Vegas school sentenced for sex crimes (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

The Big Search sets out to find missing children
 
The Big Search sets out to find missing children

F.R.E.E. International, a human trafficking advocacy group, organized The Big Search where hundreds of volunteers hit the streets with fliers of missing children. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas home for mentally ill continued to operate despite shutdown
 
Las Vegas home for mentally ill continued to operate despite shutdown

A year after Nevada health officials closed a taxpayer-funded home where mentally ill people lived in filthy conditions, a mental health clinic continued placing people there — until reporting by the Las Vegas Review-Journal prompted state regulators to shut it down again this week. The home is owned by Emperatriz “Emper” Ebiya and for years was part of a state program that pays people to house mentally ill clients in their homes. But in December 2016 state officials discovered “deplorable conditions” at her home and shut it down. The squalid conditions at such homes are a widespread problem in Nevada, which has 142 community-based homes for people with mental illness. State officials declined to provide addresses for homes of mentally ill residents. The Review-Journal found and visited six of the homes in Las Vegas. A recent audit uncovered conditions — human feces, broken glass, expired food, filthy mattresses, mildew and rodents — at 37 homes statewide.

Prosecutors charge Arizona man who sold ammo to Las Vegas shooter
 
Prosecutors charge Arizona man who sold ammo to Las Vegas shooter

Federal prosecutors in Nevada have charged Arizona resident Douglas Haig with conspiracy to manufacture and sell armor-piercing ammunition. According to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office in Las Vegas, Haig appeared Friday afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michelle Burns in Phoenix and was released on bond pending a Feb. 15 status conference there. If convicted, Haig could face up to five years in prison. A criminal complaint filed Friday morning is sealed in Nevada, but it appears in Arizona court records. According to the document, the FBI has determined that “two unfired cartridges bearing Haig’s fingerprints” were found in gunman Stephen Paddock’s suite at Mandalay Bay. At a news conference Friday at his lawyer’s office, Haig said Paddock demonstrated no unusual behavior when he came to Haig’s home in Mesa to purchase approximately 720 rounds of tracer ammunition. “Business records reveal that Haig sold armor piercing ammunition throughout the U.S., including Nevada, Texas, Virginia, Wyoming, and South Carolina,” according to the U.S. attorney’s office.

Claims against Steve Wynn could have been made public years ago
 
Claims against Steve Wynn could have been made public years ago

Cocktail waitresses at the The Mirage, then run by Steve Wynn, were pressured by supervisors to have sex with casino customers dating as far back as 1989 and during that time one server claimed the casino mogul pressured her into having sex, according to a court filing. The claims could have been made public nearly two decades ago, but the Las Vegas Review-Journal decided against publishing the story in 1998. Two of the cocktail servers spoke to RJ reporter Carri Geer. Geer said she remembers then-publisher Sherman Frederick saying the woman should undergo lie detector tests. But after the polygraph results came back, Geer said she was ordered to delete the story she had written. But she saved a printout of the story, the court records from the case, the polygraph results and the $600 bill for the polygraph examinations. “I always wanted to tell these women’s stories. That’s why I saved this file for 20 years.” – Carri Geer

More sex allegations emerge against Las Vegas billionaire Steve Wynn
 
More sex allegations emerge against Las Vegas billionaire Steve Wynn

Billionaire Steve Wynn faced allegations of pressuring a waitress into sex about 30 years ago. He allegedly told the woman he had “never had a grandmother before” and wanted “to see how it feels,” according to a court document and interviews with the Review-Journal. Wynn, the CEO of Wynn Resorts, was accused of sexual misconduct with several employees in a Wall Street Journal story published last week. Wynn has denied the allegations in the Journal report. The woman, who is now 75, said her supervisor told her she had to have sex with Wynn to keep her job at the Mirage, according to her account and a sworn statement by Earlene Wiggins. Wynn, 76, has not responded to multiple requests from the Review-Journal for an interview.

Arizona man says ammo he sold wasn’t used in Las Vegas shooting
 
Arizona man says ammo he sold wasn’t used in Las Vegas shooting

Douglas Haig, the man who was identified this week as a “person of interest” in the Las Vegas shooting investigation, said Friday that he does not believe the tracer ammunition he sold to gunman Stephen Paddock was used in the mass shooting. (Ross Leviton/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

2 shot and killed in North Las Vegas
 
2 shot and killed in North Las Vegas

North Las Vegas police are investigating a shooting Friday morning that left two people dead.
A 43-year-old woman and a man, whose age is unknown, were shot and killed around 5 a.m. at the Colonial Grand at Desert Vista apartments. Two children who lived with the woman were not at home at the time of the shooting and are both safe, police said. The shooter remained at-large Friday morning. Police said they would release a suspect description later in the day, if available.

Las Vegas Morning Update For Friday, February 2
 
Las Vegas Morning Update For Friday, February 2

Friday’s headlines: Employee shot after altercation outside east Las Vegas market, Las Vegas smoke shop clerk gets probation for fatally shooting boy, 1 dead, 1 injured in North Las Vegas shooting

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