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Governor Sisolak Establishes Cannabis Panel

Governor Steve Sisolak has signed an Executive Order establishing an advisory panel tasked with defining the scope of a future Cannabis Compliance Board. The order, creates an advisory panel made up of seven members who will be tasked with preparing enabling language for the Legislature’s consideration during the 80th session. Areas for the advisory panel…MORE

Sparks Police Looking For Suspect In Robbery

On January 26th, 2019 officers responded to a reported robbery at Western Village Casino. Through the investigation, it was learned that the female victim had exited the casino and was sitting on a planter with her wallet in hand. The suspect, depicted in the photograph below, approached the victim from behind and attempted to take…MORE

RPD Searching For Suspect In Shooting Death

The Reno Police Department is searching for a suspect after a 52 year old man was shot and killed last night. Reno Police responded to a report of shots fired in the alley of the 600 block of Lake Street on January 25, 2019 at around 8:26 p.m.. Officers arrived to find the victim on…MORE

Details on Case Against Accused Quadruple Killer to Be Revealed Monday in Reno

We’ll all know a lot more Monday about the case against 19 year old El Salvador Native Wilbur Martinez Guzman, the suspect in two murders near Gardnerville and two more in South Reno. The District Attorneys of Washoe and Douglas Counties plan to make an announcement, presumably of murder charges against Guzman. He’s already facing…MORE

Child Rapist Gets a Sentence That Would Keep Him in Prison for 198 Years

A sexual assault suspect who jumped bail during his trial in Reno in 2016, but was arrested in Mexico, returned to Nevada and convicted, has gotten nine life terms. 35 year old Selvin Zecena-Valdez was convicted of 10 felony counts related to the sexual assault of a female relative under the age of 14 over…MORE

Wilbur Martinez-Guzman Makes His First Court Appearance in Carson City Justice Court

Wilbur Martinez Guzman was arraigned in Carson City Justice Court on 36 charges, mostly involving possession or sale of stolen property from some of the four people murdered in Northern Nevada in the past couple of weeks. They included numerous felonies based on the suspects illegal immigration status, and his illegal possession of a dozen…MORE

Sparks Police Arrest Two Teens For Armed Robbery

Sparks Police arrested two 17-year-olds Wednesday for the January 18th armed robbery at the Maverik Gas Station on Prater Way. Sparks police and the Regional Crime Suppression Unit followed up leads and were able to identify the suspects. Police said the two walked into the Maverik and one pulled out a gun and they demanded…MORE

Woman Hospitalized After Being Hit by a Car on South Virginia Street

A woman is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after being hit by a car last night at South Virginia Street and Gentry Way. The intersection was closed for about three hours following the crash just after 6pm. Police say they found the woman down on the road and unconscious. She’s now being treated for…MORE

Reno Police Looking For a Suspicious Person

Reno Police have released new photos in an investigation into what police refer to only as “suspicious circumstances” in the early morning hours of Christmas Day 2018. Detectives would also like to check the welfare of a female passenger seen in the front passenger seat at the time the photos were taken. The events took…MORE