Ricardo Torres-Cortez
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Las Vegas
Target shooting blamed for wildfire outside Las Vegas
Friday, June 11, 2021 Target shooting started a wildfire on a mountainside 21 miles southwest of Las Vegas that has grown to about 1,500 acres, according to the Bureau of Land Management. As of this afternoon ...
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News
A Sun reporter gets crash course in Metro use-of-force training. Here's what he learned
Friday, June 11, 2021 Metro Police officials promised us reporters that nobody was going to get hurt. I was among a group of reporters role-playing as officers in a reality-based shooting drill at a nondescript training center in ...
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News
Metro: Lamborghini driver was going 141 mph before hitting moped, killing rider
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 Before it slammed into the back of a moped, instantly killing its passenger, a Lamborghini Huracan was traveling so fast down a Las Vegas roadway ...
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News
Las Vegas retail theft ring busted; 2 nabbed with $500K worth of goods
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 Metro Police today announced that they busted a retail-theft operation, arresting two suspects and recovering more than $500,000 worth of ...
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News
Nevada gains in criminal justice reform are lauded at Vegas forum
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 After giving birth to a premature baby, Leslie Turner was working to get her life back in order. She knew she had to set aside money for ...
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Community
Lifelong bonds formed on Valley High basketball team, solidified in law enforcement
Sunday, June 6, 2021 The seeds of serving in law enforcement were planted at a young age in the older two Valley High teammates.
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Sports
Fans create festive home field edge for Las Vegas Lights
Sunday, June 6, 2021 The 43-year-old grew up supporting Club Deportivo Águila in his native El Salvador, and still follows them religiously. But he’s also a diehard Lights fans.
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News
A new era for the Lights FC, but a familiar fiesta for fans
Friday, June 4, 2021 New Las Vegas Lights coach Steve Cherundolo has vast experience in the soccer universe, playing professionally for the German club Hannover for 17 seasons and suiting up for the U.S. national team in the World Cup. Yet, chances are the game-day environment ...
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News
Officials offer $10K reward for information leading to boy's ID
Thursday, June 3, 2021 Going into a week since a boy’s remains were found in the outskirts of Las Vegas, the FBI is offering a $10,000 reward to help identify the child or the person who killed him. Authorities this morning in a news conference unveiled a digitally enhanced composite ...
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News
Rosen tours Las Vegas solar company, touts U.S. aid for small businesses
Thursday, June 3, 2021 Louise Helton characterizes the headquarters of 1 Sun Solar Electric, which is tucked into an industrial area of central Las Vegas, as “our wonderful little spot in the universe.”
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News
Warden: Safety tips for those heading to Lake Mead for holiday weekend
Friday, May 28, 2021 The Lake Mead National Recreation Area is preparing for an onslaught of visitors this Memorial Day weekend with outdoors people shaking off pandemic-related isolation blues.
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Las Vegas
Preservation commission approves Huntridge Theater as a historic Las Vegas site
Wednesday, May 26, 2021 Being on the registry would allow the theater to qualify for tax dollars available to preserve a historic site ...
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News
Las Vegas Army veteran reunited with bomb-sniffing dog partner
Tuesday, May 25, 2021 When Spc. Michael Steponovich left the U.S. Army in January for civilian life, some farewells were harder to make than the others. The hardest: Saying goodbye to “Popeye,” a 7-year-old German Shepard ...
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News
Man arrested in violent rape in North Las Vegas; other victims sought
Wednesday, May 19, 2021 The victim walked outside her North Las Vegas workplace, where she was forced into a parked car. Then she was beaten, raped and strangled “to the point of losing consciousness” ...
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News
Report details how suspect in toddler's slaying grabbed detective's gun while in custody
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Once in Metro Police custody, detectives cuffed the murder suspect to a “secured mounting plate" in an interview room.
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News
Metro: Sex abuse allegation against T.I., wife Tiny is dismissed
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 A sexual assault allegation made against celebrity couple Clifford Harris and Tameka Harris — known professionally as “T.I.” and “Tiny” — in Las Vegas this month was dismissed because ...
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News
Nevada National Guard members honored for life-saving rescue in Virginia
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 The mangled car sat at a Virginia intersection after its motorist slammed into a cement wall on Jan. 18. The driver appeared dead.
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Community
Las Vegas nurse’s suicide went beyond COVID-related depression, says daughter who hopes to raise awareness
Sunday, May 16, 2021 Ashley Tecson, a 32-year-old film publicist who lives in Los Angeles, won’t let suicide define her mother. Nor does she want to simplify her mother’s death by blaming it on the pandemic.
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News
Metro officer shows what it's like to be trapped in a hot car
Thursday, May 13, 2021 To spotlight the perils of leaving a child inside a hot car, a Metro Police spokesman climbed into one to show how quickly the interior can heat to deadly temperatures.
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News
Man who pleaded for return of girlfriend's missing boy now suspected of murder
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Two days after his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son disappeared from a Las Vegas extended-stay hotel, the couple stood in front of a TV camera ...
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News
Police: Missing 2-year-old boy is dead; mother's boyfriend arrested
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 A 2-year-old boy reported missing earlier this month is dead, and his mother’s boyfriend was booked today on a count of murder, Metro Police Lt. Richard Meyers said ...
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News
Domestic disturbance at motel near Strip leaves woman dead
Friday, May 7, 2021 A woman was slain Friday afternoon in what Metro Police are describing as a domestic disturbance at a motel just east of the Las Vegas Strip ...
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News
Shaped by tragedies, Las Vegas chef tackles new challenges after going blind
Tuesday, May 4, 2021 On her best days, Regina Mitchell sees blurry silhouettes when she opens her eyes. It’s a godsend when she can recognize her husband’s face, one she’s known for almost four decades. She’s blind, sick and worn down from chemotherapy treatments ...
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News
1 killed in Interstate 15 crash near Mesquite
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 At least one person was killed Wednesday evening in a crash reported on Interstate 15 near Mesquite ...
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News
Man arrested in fatal stabbing of ex-girlfriend in front of her mom
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 A man accused of fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend whom he met Friday night at a convenience store to return some property was taken into custody on Monday.
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News
Convenience store spat led to fatal Strip shooting, police say
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 In a short video published on social media, the murder suspect is seen walking down a Las Vegas Strip alley with two men trailing him ...
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News
Suspect in wrong-way crash that killed 2 says he might have fallen asleep
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 A motorist accused of causing a head-on crash that killed two people Friday morning on a northeast Las Vegas roadway told investigators that he was ...
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News
Lessons from 2017 campus shooting inform Las Vegas school safety event
Friday, April 23, 2021 The conference, geared toward high school and university administrators, featured discussions on post-pandemic school planning, teenage suicide and unpredictable threats ...
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News
Metro Police, state leaders react to Chauvin conviction
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 “The death of Mr. Floyd has become a seminal event in law enforcement and within our community,” Metro Undersheriff Christopher Darcy said. “The Chauvin trial brought up a bigger issue about American policing, and we’re always willing to have that information here at (Metro).”
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News
Metro findings in Jorge Gomez death case leave some dissatisfied
Friday, April 16, 2021 Having just faced off with a crowd of rowdy racial justice demonstrators in downtown Las Vegas, Metro Police officers were already in a “heightened” state of alert ...
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News
'Fentanyl is here': Las Vegas suffers alarming surge in overdose deaths
Friday, April 16, 2021 Tiny specks of this powerful synthetic opioid can prove fatal even when ingested unknowingly: Fentanyl killed 219 people in the Las Vegas Valley in 2020, about a 200% increase from the previous year. Recently, while the country was ravaged by the opioid crisis, Clark County saw ...
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Las Vegas
Las Vegas man, 26, dies in northwest valley crash
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 A 26-year-old motorist was killed this morning in a crash in northwest Las Vegas, according to Metro Police.
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News
Video shows trooper's 'close call' when patrol vehicle struck on I-15
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 A Nevada Highway Patrol trooper had a "close call" over the weekend on Interstate 15 near Allegiant Stadium, when a suspected impaired driver ...
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News
Nevada to pay wrongfully convicted man $1.4 million after serving 18 years in prison
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 A payment of $1.35 million to Fred Steese — who spent 18 years in Nevada prison for the slaying of a friend he was innocent of — was approved by the state’s Board of Examiners, the Nevada Attorney General’s Office announced Tuesday.
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News
'Here to serve': Collegial legislator draws on law enforcement experience
Sunday, April 11, 2021 Tom Roberts' epiphany to run for public office came during the 2007 Nevada legislative session, when Metro Police first sent him to the Statehouse as a lobbyist ...
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News
Nevada bill would allow some first-time offenders to avoid jail
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 Arresting a suspect is a time-consuming process for law enforcement officials between detaining, transportation and booking the individual ...
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News
Nevada bill would make it easier to retrieve property seized by police
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 In one scenario, a motorist is pulled over in Nevada, arrested and then charged with transportation, sale or trafficking of a drug. Whatever property is in their possession ...
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News
Lawmaker pushes bill to help ex-convicts reintegrate into society, starting with a simple ID
Sunday, April 4, 2021 Nevada Senate Bill 136 calls for the Department of Corrections to work with the Department of Motor Vehicles to hand out standard ID cards or driver’s licenses before prison sentences expire.
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Politics
Proposal would put restrictions on solitary confinement practices in Nevada prisons
Saturday, April 3, 2021 Solitary confinement, which the United Nations deems torture after more than 15 consecutive days, can cause severe mental and physical problems, proponents of the legislation said.
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Politics
Pro-gun rally draws small crowd in Carson City
Sunday, March 28, 2021 The legislation is in response to gun violence last fall on the Las Vegas Strip, which saw at least 10 shootings over a four-weekend stretch.
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Car Accident
'We want to stop this': Metro appeals to public in unsolved hit-and-run cases
Thursday, March 25, 2021 Metro Police’s Traffic Bureau has been called out to Las Vegas roadways six times this year to probe pedestrian deaths caused by hit-and-run drivers. Two of the incidents remain unsolved. “That’s two people who aren’t coming home. That could have been any of you, or me, who ...
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News
Boy allegedly killed by Las Vegas parents had bite marks, bruises, police say
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 After the 8-year-old boy was found unresponsive, his father told officers that he’d tried to kill himself by drowning in the bathtub.
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News
Recent child drownings prompt Metro's urgent call for pool safety
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 Upon first look, footage from a public service announcement released by Metro Police Wednesday shows a fun, sunny day at a pool with children splashing around.
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Sports
Young Las Vegas boxer relentlessly pursues Olympic dream
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 Faces of boxing legends decorate the walls in the Las Vegas Fight Club gym in east Las Vegas. Owner Jayson Gallegos is sure his teenage son, Kaipo, will one day also be mentioned as one of the ...
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Community
How firefighters risked their lives to save 5-year-old girl in North Las Vegas
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 Rushing into a burning two-story home to rescue a 5-year-old girl Saturday morning took only a few moments. But for North Las Vegas Fire Department ...
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News
Police: Man accused of killing teen brother told siblings to lie about shooting
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 Three children on a family trip to Las Vegas were eating cereal in their Strip hotel room when their older brother snuck up on one from behind.
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Community
Nevada public servant who died of COVID was 'heart and soul' of Assembly
Sunday, March 21, 2021 Early in the pandemic, Robin Bates expressed to his wife that he feared the coronavirus would kill him. He wound up testing positive twice, and the second case in January ...
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News
Suspect in Las Vegas property dispute killing is identified
Thursday, March 18, 2021 Metro Police today identified a man suspected in the shooting death Wednesday afternoon of a man at a southeast Las Vegas extended-stay hotel as Malik Hughes ...
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News
Legislative push for cyclists' safety would curb bike travel, irking advocates
Thursday, March 18, 2021 Nevada lawmakers are considering a bill that would kick cyclists off travel lanes with speed limits of 65 mph or above. Cycling advocates say it would punish those who ...
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News
Police: Property dispute leads to fatal shooting at Las Vegas apartments
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 A man was slain and his suspected killer was detained following a shooting Wednesday afternoon at a southeast Las Vegas extended-stay hotel ...