Quick Thinking By Kidnapped Woman Saves Her And Her Kids

Police in Nevada found a woman and her three children being held captive at knifepoint on Monday after a “pocket dial” to 911. According to the Mesquite Police Department, 34-year-old Justin Carter attempted to stab the woman in his home city of Las Vegas before kidnapping her and her three children. A woman and her children were reportedly driven to Mesquite, about 80 miles away near the Utah state line by Carter. She called 911 …

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Mass Stabbing Attack On The Las Vegas Strip Causes Several Deaths

Police: Two people dead, six more wounded in stabbing attack on the Las Vegas Strip – KTNV 13 Action News Las Vegas Police were called to the Venetian casino on reports of a stabbing with multiple victims. Five patients were taken to University Medical Center’s trauma center for treatment. The stabbings took place just before noon on the sidewalk along a stretch of South Las Vegas Boulevard known as the Strip. The suspect was followed …

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Convicted Bomber Escapes Prison

The Nevada governor’s office learned late Tuesday that the escapee had been missing from the medium-security prison since the weekend. “This is unacceptable,” Sisolak said in a statement. It wasn’t until Tuesday morning that officials realized Porfirio Duarte-Herrera was missing during a head count at Southern Desert Correctional Center. The state Department of Corrections reported that search teams were searching for him. In 2010, Duarte-Herrera, a Nicaraguan, was convicted of killing a hot dog stand …

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Police Searching Home Of Las Vegas County Official In Connection To Reporter’s Murder

Police served search warrants in the 7200 block of Bronze Circle in connection with the slaying of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German, police said. German spent months reporting on Robert Telles’ oversight of the office he oversaw and filed public records requests for emails and text messages between Telles and three other county officials. German, 69, was found dead outside his home on Sept. 3. Police believe he was fatally stabbed during an …

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