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Were Low Room Rates To Blame For A Wild Labor Day Weekend?

Sep 15, 2020

Judging from social media last week, Las Vegas was one of the most dangerous places to be. 

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The Coronavirus Crisis
Candles burn in front of a memorial for Lena Nunez, 10, on June 29 in Chicago. The child was shot and killed by a stray bullet while watching TV with her brother in her grandmother's home, reports say.

Crime Has Declined Overall During The Pandemic, But Shootings And Killings Are Up

Jul 20, 2020
The pandemic has forced people to change their lives dramatically, which has contributed to the crime rate dropping. The bad news: an uptick in shootings and killings.
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Criminal Justice Collaborative
Nick Selby and NYPD officer Luis Sayan interview a retired New York City teacher who lost more than $300,000 to online scammers posing as Chinese police.

Coaxing Cops To Tackle Cybercrime? There's An App For That

Jan 16, 2020
Local police often don't feel equipped to investigate cybercrime. The NYPD is trying to teach patrol officers to ask the right questions about IP addresses, Bitcoin and phone spoofing.
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Newscast headlines

Four Arrests In 2018 Beatings, Armed Robberies Near UNR

Dec 20, 2019
Reno police have arrested four suspects in connection with a year-long investigation into the beating and armed robbery of five college-aged men near the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno.
 
Police said Thursday that three of the assailants allegedly involved in the e
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World
Long-distance truck driver Mohammad Hashim, 45, survived an attack by a Hindu mob last year. A dozen men on motorbikes forced him off the road and beat him. He suffered a broken leg and fractured vertebrae.

'This Is It. I'm Going To Die': India's Minorities Are Targeted In Lynchings

Aug 21, 2019
"It's like they are trying to erase us — erase all of my people," says the widow of a Muslim dairy farmer who died after being assaulted by a mob while he was transporting cows.
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KNPR's State of Nevada

O.J. Simpson's Life In Las Vegas

Jun 18, 2019

Since his 2017 release, Simpson has been living in Las Vegas. And Linda Deutsch was able to talk with him.

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Newscast headlines

2 Dead, 1 Wounded, Child OK After Driveway Shootout In Las Vegas

Apr 26, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police say two people are dead, one is wounded and a child is OK after an apparent shootout involving an arguing couple and two men in a driveway at a southeast Las Vegas home.

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Law
CCTV footage shows how three men clawed an ATM out of a wall and made off with with cash box in under five minutes. It is the eighth such incident in Northern Ireland since the start of the year.

A Van, An Excavator And A Slew Of ATM Thefts, Northern Ireland Police Plead For Help

Apr 12, 2019
With the help of heavy construction equipment and a van with an ATM-size hole cut out of its roof, thieves are clawing entire cash boxes out of local businesses and disappearing into the night.
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Strange News
Joshua James was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, after officials said he threw an alligator into the kitchen of a fast food restaurant in Loxahatchee, Fla., on Oct. 12, 2015.

Alligators, Drugs, And Theft, Oh My! New List Shows Top 10 'Florida Man' Stories

Mar 03, 2019
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the most Florida of them all? A new top 10 list of bizarre stories from a Miami-based injury claims company attempts to answer that question.
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Latin America
Forensic personnel load the corpse of a man into a van, after he was executed at a shopping mall in Acapulco, Mexico, on April 24, 2018. A new report recorded more than 33,000 homicides in 2018, making it the country's deadliest on record.

Mexico Reports Highest Ever Homicide Rate In 2018, Tops 33,000 Investigations

Jan 23, 2019

The grim news was expected as the number of open homicide cases continued to climb month after month, making the last 12 months the deadliest on record — an average of 91 deaths per day.

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News
Jake Thomas Patterson is suspected of kidnapping Jayme Closs, 13, and fatally shooting her parents in Barron County, Wis.

Police Say Wisconsin Man Confesses To Abducting Jayme Closs And Killing Her Parents

Jan 14, 2019
Jake Thomas Patterson allegedly told police he decided to abduct Jayme after spotting her board a school bus. Authorities say he controlled her with threats of "bad things."
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News
Family and friends of the four slain women gathered for a candlelight vigil at a park in downtown Laredo, Texas, in September. Juan David Ortiz has pleaded not guilty to charges of capital murder.

Border Patrol Agent Pleads Not Guilty To Killing 4 Sex Workers

Jan 11, 2019
Juan David Ortiz, a supervisor in the U.S. Border Patrol, wanted to "clean the streets," prosecutors say. Ortiz is accused of killing four women, and prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty.
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Newscast headlines

Nevada Prison Inmate Guilty Of Directing Meth Business

Nov 10, 2018

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal jury in Reno has found a 53-year-old Nevada prison inmate guilty of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine from behind bars.

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National
A view of New York City from the Empire State Building on Tuesday. The city just had its first weekend without a single shooting in at least 25 years.

New York City Had Its First Weekend Without A Shooting In 25 Years

Oct 17, 2018
"A city of 8.6 million people — not a single shooting for three days," Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday. The NYPD says it has been focusing on preventing retaliatory violence.
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Latin America
After a fight broke out nearby, Eric Giovani Fabian, 20, plays his trumpet, as his mariachi band, Nuevo Imperio, waits for clients in Mexico City, in August 2017.

Working The Night Shift For Mexico City's Bloody Crime Tabloids

Jun 29, 2018
Reporting on crime for sensationalist media in the Mexican capital reveals the dark side of a city where officials have tried to keep the crime problem under wraps.
Desert Companion
All in

Crime and punishment: Notorious

Jun 25, 2018

Ex-con Frank Citro wants to get out of Nevada’s Black Book. If history is any indication, the streetwise singer faces an uphill battle

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World
At home, Albino Quiroz's presence can still be felt in the kitchen, the favorite room of his wife, Maricela Peñaloza Flores — and a gift from her husband.

Last Year, A Retired Mexican Schoolteacher Vanished. His Family Still Seeks Answers

Jun 24, 2018
Albino Quiroz Sandoval left home to go shopping last year and never returned. A man has been arrested, but most crimes in Mexico go unpunished. More than 37,000 people have gone missing since 2007.
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Politics: Fact Check
President Trump speaks about immigration alongside family members affected by crime committed by undocumented immigrants, at the White House Friday.

FACT CHECK: Trump, Illegal Immigration And Crime

Jun 22, 2018
In an effort to justify his get-tough policies at the Southern border, President Trump met Friday with victims of crime committed by immigrants who entered the country illegally.
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KNPR's State of Nevada

Outlaw: George Christie's Life In The Hells Angels (And Beyond)

Jun 21, 2018

George Christie is starring in a one-man show, "Outlaw,"  based on his memoir, "Exile on Front Street: My Life as a Hells Angel and Beyond." 

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Newscast headlines

Police: $10K Reward Offered In Las Vegas Hotel Killings

Jun 06, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the killer of a 38-year-old tour operator from Vietnam and one of her employees who were found stabbed to death at a Las Vegas Strip hotel.

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Newscast headlines

Gunfire At Las Vegas Company Picnic Kills One, Suspect At Large

Apr 16, 2018
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police are searching for a man accused of opening fire on a Strip resort's company picnic, killing a woman and critically injuring a man in what investigators are calling workplace violence.
 
Police say 42-year-old Anthony Wrobel
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Newscast headlines

Robbery Spree On Las Vegas Strip Ends In Parking Garage

Apr 10, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police say two suspects who went on a robbery spree on the Las Vegas Strip led officers to three parking garages before they were arrested.

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The Two-Way
Police in London investigate the killing of 18-year-old Israel Ogunsola.

Violent Killings Are On The Rise In London

Apr 06, 2018
London police are investigating more murders in the last two months than New York cops. Stabbings are largely fueling the increase, but there have been shootings too.
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Newscast headlines

Police: Man Stabbed In Head In Downtown Las Vegas

Apr 03, 2018
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Las Vegas say a man was stabbed in the head by his girlfriend's father.
 
Police Lt.
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Newscast headlines

Police Say 3 Wounded, Shooter Held In Henderson

Mar 30, 2018
HENDERSON, Nev.

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