Blogs: Cops, Courts and Safety

Musicians Union official recovering after near-fatal traffic accident

By Jerry Fink · May 8, 2008 · 6:48 PM

Longtime musician’s union secretary-treasure Thom Pastor is recovering from a near-fatal car crash Tuesday night in Henderson. Pastor was traveling to his home in Boulder City when he was rear-ended, by a drunken driver traveling in excess of 100 miles per hour, according to Frank Leon, president of Musicians Union of Las Vegas No. 369. The collision took place on Interstate 215 at the Stephanie Street exit. Leon said the 61-year-old Pastor’s neck was broken and he suffered other injuries, ...

Police seek information on man stabbed to death near Sunset Park

By Mary Manning · May 7, 2008 · 1:49 PM

Metro Police are asking for any information on two men seen attacking a man found stabbed to death near Sunset Park about 10:50 p.m. Monday. Police arrived to find a ...

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Pedestrian death slows I-15

By Mary Manning · May 5, 2008 · 4:18 PM

Two southbound lanes of Interstate 15 were closed most of the afternoon after a man walking along the side of the highway was run over and killed. The Nevada Highway ...

Fire shuts down Lake Mead Parkway near U.S. 95 (UPDATED)

By Mary Manning · May 2, 2008 · 2:23 PM

Two acetylene tanks caught fire at Lake Mead Parkway and Fiesta Way shortly after noon today, forcing traffic to be diverted off the thoroughfare for about two hours.

Fire in Henderson home displaces 11 people

By Mary Manning · May 1, 2008 · 4:54 PM

A fire apparently started by a 5-year-old boy playing with a lighter displaced 11 people from a home today, Henderson Fire Department Battalion Chief Doug Koopman said. About 11:43 a.m. ...

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Metro police arrest two suspected sexual predators

By Mary Manning · April 30, 2008 · 5:47 PM

Two alleged sexual predators have been captured in Las Vegas, Metro Police said today. Acting on tips from citizens, detectives from Metro’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit arrested Gary Walter ...

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Police seek two men in shooting death of teen in storm drain

By Mary Manning · April 30, 2008 · 3:55 PM

Metro Police are searching for two men in their early to mid 20s who may have chased 17-year-old Joseph Lopez into a storm drain and shot him.

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Coroner identifies man found dead in drain

By Mary Manning · April 29, 2008 · 4:30 PM

A dead man with a bullet wound to his head found in a storm drain Monday night has been identified as 17-year-old Joseph Lopez of Las Vegas. The Clark County ...

County jail worker suspended without pay, charged with fraud

By Mary Manning · April 29, 2008 · 4:15 PM

A Metro Police corrections officer has been relieved of duty without pay after it was discovered that he obtained U.S. citizenship in 2006 by fraud. Police received a tip in ...

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Police looking for man who escaped home surrounded by SWAT team

By Mary Manning · April 29, 2008 · 2:50 PM

Metro Police are still looking for a man who escaped from a house in the 8000 block of Cracker Barrel Street after a domestic dispute brought a SWAT team to ...