TheNevadaGlobeStaff, Author at Nevada Globe

Victim Shot and Killed Resisting Three Suspects in Midday Commercial Robbery on East Flamingo Road

October 16, 2026 10:38 am

LAS VEGAS, NV — An adult male was shot and killed after confronting three armed suspects during a takeover robbery inside an east valley commercial business, triggering an active search by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. The shooting occurred at a business located along the 3400 block of East...

MOST WANTED MERCY: Ford Backed Clemency for Las Vegas ‘Thrill Killer’ Who Landed on FBI’s Top 10 List

October 16, 2026 6:00 amOctober 16, 2026 4:08 am

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford voted in 2025 to grant clemency to Tony Ray Amati, a convicted murderer once placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list after a string of Las Vegas shootings police described as “thrill killings.” Amati was added to the FBI’s...

Police Announce Identification of Gunshot Victim Found in Lake Mead Barrel After Four-Year Investigation

October 15, 2026 12:50 pm

LAS VEGAS, NV — One of the most scrutinized desert mysteries in modern Southern Nevada history reached a breakthrough as the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and the Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner announced the formal identification of a homicide victim discovered sealed inside a steel barrel at...

Las Vegas Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Rifle and Molotov Cocktail Attack on Tesla Collision Center

October 15, 2026 11:41 am

LAS VEGAS, NV — A Las Vegas resident who opened fire on surveillance cameras and firebombed parked vehicles with improvised incendiary weapons outside a southwest valley Tesla facility was sentenced in federal court to five years behind bars. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey...

First Friday Event Paused Indefinitely as City and Police Reevaluate Arts District Security Following Fatal Shooting

October 15, 2026 8:31 am

LAS VEGAS, NV — In an unprecedented move that halts one of Southern Nevada’s most enduring cultural institutions after 24 continuous years, the First Friday Foundation announced that downtown Las Vegas’s signature monthly arts gathering has been placed on an indefinite pause. The announcement—confirmed late Wednesday night, October 14, 2026,...

AWKWARD ODDS: Ford Campaign Cites Prediction Markets While His AG’s Office Fights Them in Court

October 15, 2026 6:00 amOctober 19, 2026 3:55 am

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford’s campaign for governor is facing an awkward gambling-policy contradiction after reportedly citing prediction-market odds in a campaign fundraising pitch while Ford’s own office is simultaneously fighting to keep major prediction-market operators out of Nevada. Nevada Independent gaming reporter Howard Stutz flagged...

DNA Links Former Chicago Homicide Detective Who Later Lived and Worked in Las Vegas to 1960 Slaying of 8-Year-Old Girl

October 14, 2026 4:06 pm

LAS VEGAS, NV / CHICAGO, IL — In one of the most stunning cold case revelations in modern law enforcement history, forensic genetic genealogy has linked a deceased former Chicago Police homicide detective—who later spent decades living in Las Vegas and working inside Nevada’s federal justice system—to the 1960 abduction...

Author: TheNevadaGlobeStaff

Victim Shot and Killed Resisting Three Suspects in Midday Commercial Robbery on East Flamingo Road

MOST WANTED MERCY: Ford Backed Clemency for Las Vegas ‘Thrill Killer’ Who Landed on FBI’s Top 10 List

Police Announce Identification of Gunshot Victim Found in Lake Mead Barrel After Four-Year Investigation

Las Vegas Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Rifle and Molotov Cocktail Attack on Tesla Collision Center

First Friday Event Paused Indefinitely as City and Police Reevaluate Arts District Security Following Fatal Shooting

AWKWARD ODDS: Ford Campaign Cites Prediction Markets While His AG’s Office Fights Them in Court

DNA Links Former Chicago Homicide Detective Who Later Lived and Worked in Las Vegas to 1960 Slaying of 8-Year-Old Girl

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