A heavily redacted report released by Metropolitan Police said a man is charged with murder after a fentanyl transaction just hours before his 52-year-old customer’s death.
Estelle Atkinson
Breaking News Reporter
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Estelle Atkinson joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal as a breaking news reporter in May 2024. A native of the Philadelphia area, Estelle graduated with her Masters of Science in journalism from the University of Southern California Annenberg School in 2024 and with her Bachelor of Laws from the University of Oxford in 2023.
Las Vegas police revealed new details in a briefing Monday about a stolen vehicle chase that ended in a shooting by a police officer.
The Metropolitan Police Department also found a caged monkey in the man’s residence, according to an arrest report.
A lawsuit filed by the CEO of an ATM provider alleged that over nearly two years, more than $4 million dollars was embezzled from ATMs.
A man was hospitalized after a police officer shot him during a foot pursuit in an apartment complex in the east Las Vegas Valley.
Lake Mead staffers gathered with community stakeholders to discuss the reopening of Government Wash, a campsite that was closed amid an influx of long-term visitors.
A Metro lieutenant was on assignment with Kevin Menon, who is accused of oppression and battery, while Menon used tactics that officers testified were inappropriate, according to transcripts.
The family of a slain 12-year-old boy has filed a new wrongful death lawsuit that accuses Henderson police of fatally shooting the child during a hostage situation.
Mike Patterson, a math teacher at the Advanced Technologies Academy, was celebrated for being chosen as the state’s teacher of the year during an assembly.
Officers who worked for a Metro sergeant facing charges testified to a grand jury that they had concerns about his actions, so much so that officers worried one day, his unprecedented behavior could lead to a shooting, or even civil unrest.
Parents who have lost their children in fatal collisions said they felt that if even one life were saved by a traffic camera, it would be a worthwhile venture that ought to trump expectations of privacy on the road.
Lawmakers and the Nevada Housing Devision heard residents’ concerns and deliberated the fate of promised funds that would give Windsor Park residents new, safe homes at a meeting of the Interim Finance Committee Thursday.
A grand jury has indicted a Las Vegas police officer charged with oppression and accused of a “pattern of unlawful detentions,” prosecutors announced Wednesday.
The Metropolitan Police Department revealed new details in a briefing Tuesday afternoon about a shooting by two officers on Friday, killing a knife-wielding suspect.
The Clark County Division of Air Quality has issued an air quality dust advisory during the early hours of Wednesday, as the Tropicana casino-hotel implosion will “produce a cloud of ‘Trop dust.’”