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Store clerk shot by former employee

By Mary Manning · July 17, 2008 · 2:35 PM

Metro Police are searching for a 26-year-old man suspected of shooting the boss of a convenience store and gas station on Wednesday.

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Photos released in attempted robbery at business

By Tim Richardson · July 17, 2008 · 4:21 PM

North Las Vegas Police today released surveillance video images of one of two men suspected of an attempted robbery earlier this week.

Police search for elderly woman’s attacker

By Sun Staff · July 17, 2008 · 5:39 PM

Metro Police released photos this afternoon of a man wanted in connection with the violent beating of an elderly woman in a stairwell.

Motorcyclist dies after crash

By Mary Manning · July 17, 2008 · 6:45 PM

A 63-year-old man riding a 1994 Honda motorcycle died after a crash in the southeastern part of Las Vegas Valley today.

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Stabbing charges against assemblywoman dropped

By Mary Manning · July 17, 2008 · 7:12 PM

Domestic violence charges against Assemblywoman Francis Allen, R-Las Vegas, were dismissed by a Las Vegas justice of the peace today.

Police seek help to identify bank robbery suspect

By Tim Richardson · July 16, 2008 · 9:24 AM

Henderson Police released three surveillance video images this morning of a person wanted in connection with a bank robbery last week.

Man arrested in assault of police detective

By Mary Manning · July 16, 2008 · 3:56 PM

A Metro Police detective who had previously arrested a man was assaulted by the same man on the 215 Beltway and Jones Boulevard at about 6:46 a.m. today.

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Police searching for bank robbery suspect

By Mary Manning · July 16, 2008 · 6:51 PM

Metro Police are asking the public’s help in finding a suspect who robbed a bank in the 8000 block of Farm Road on Tuesday.

Two arrested in Vegas for Texas armed robbery

By Tim Richardson · July 15, 2008 · 4:44 PM

A Texas man and a juvenile were arrested in Las Vegas today in connection with an armed robbery last month near Dallas.

NHP officer involved in fatal crash surrenders on DUI charge

By Mary Manning · July 15, 2008 · 5:25 PM

An off-duty Nevada Highway Patrol sergeant, 46-year-old Edward Lattin of Las Vegas, surrendered on a DUI charge today in connection with a three-vehicle crash that killed one person and sent two other people to a local hospital.