WATCH: Police looking for purse snatching suspect who attacked elderly woman

Wednesday, March 1st, 2017, 3:56pm

Las Vegas Metro Police are hoping video of a suspect attempting to steal an older woman's purse will lead to his identity being revealed.

According to police, The attempted robbery happened on Jan. 18 around 1:30 p.m. in the 4900 block of Blue Diamond Road as a woman was leaving a business.

The suspect followed the woman to the business and then waited for her outside. When she left the business, he followed her to her car and then grabbed her purse, knocking her to the ground. The woman suffered abrasions to her head and was taken to St. Rose San Martin Hospital for treatment.

Another man in the parking lot chases off the suspect causing him to drop the purse.

The suspect did leave the area in a waiting vehicle.

He is described as a young black man, around 5-foot-10-inches tall, weighing 150 pounds, with a tapered afro-style haircut. He was last seen wearing blue jeans and a dark hooded sweatshirt... Read More

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Wednesday, March 1st, 2017, 3:55pm

Metro Police have arrested a man in connection with the death of a security guard in April 2016 at a construction site.

Raymond Padilla, 43, is charged with murder with the use of a deadly weapon, robbery with the use of a deadly weapon, burglary, conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to commit burglary.

The victim, 48-year-old Mark Steven Santee, was killed on April 27 at a southwest apartment complex near Fort Apache Road and Tropicana Avenue that was under construction. He was shot several times... Read More

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Wednesday, February 15th, 2017, 7:05pm

Scammers are preying on the kind hearts of Nevada residents, and they're using the Nevada Highway Patrol to do it.

NHP said it had received several complaints from citizens who said they were being solicited for donations on behalf of various police charitable originations.

NHP said the scam artists use a local phone number to conduct the con, and according to some callers, they were solicited from someone posing as a representative of the American Association of State Troopers, along with the Officer Down Charities for the Nevada Highway Patrol and the Nevada Highway Patrol itself.

When a person refuses to donate, NHP said witnesses told them the scammer would threaten unfair treatment from Troopers in the future.

"We want the community to be aware of this fraudulent activity and be sure to protect their personal information," NHP said... Read More

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Thursday, January 26th, 2017, 12:19pm

Las Vegas Metro Police are releasing surveillance video of a car they say was used in the killing of a man two days before Christmas.

The deadly shooting happened on Dec. 27 in the parking lot of an apartment complex on Duneville Street near Tropicana Avenue and Jones Boulevard around 6:30 p.m.

According to police, the victim confronted three to four suspects who were painting graffiti on a wall. Shortly after the confrontation, a black Honda Civic drove by the victim and someone inside opened fire killing the man.

Anyone with information is asked to call Metro Homicide at (702) 828-3521 or to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555, or go to www.crimestoppersofnv.com... Read More

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Monday, January 23rd, 2017, 8:51pm

Metro Police investigated a shooting Monday night near the intersection of Durango Drive and Peace Way.

The shooting happened around 6:45 p.m. in the 4500 block of S. Durang Drive.

According to Metro Police, when officers arrived at the scene they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest.

He was taken to University Medical Center, but his condition is unknown.

The suspect is still on the run.

This is a developing story.... Read More

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Thursday, January 12th, 2017, 10:10pm

Local community groups are working together to help improve under-performing schools in the Clark County School District, and they're turning to teachers to get it done.

The program is called Lead Nevada Academy, and it will provide leadership skills for teachers who have demonstrated success in the classroom. The goal of the program is to take the success and expand its reach beyond classroom walls.

More than 18,000 teachers work for the Clark County School District.

"My senior year teachers, they actually helped me out a lot," said Justice Santiago, a student. "I'm about to graduate, so they're really trying to push us to graduate."

In Lead Nevada Academy six teachers will be selected to undergo what is described as nine-months of 'intensive training.'... Read More

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Thursday, January 5th, 2017, 1:04pm

Shane Ross, the son of Las Vegas City Councilman Steve Ross, was sentenced to eight to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to a series of robberies.

Ross was arrested in Aug. 2016 following three robberies that occurred in a 15-minute period.

He was eventually tied to multiple robberies, called the "cruiser" robberies, in the southwest part of the Las Vegas valley. Ross used a motorcycle during the crimes.

He agreed to plead guilty in the case and avoid a trial.

The Ross family said Shane had battled addiction problems for some time... Read More

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