Carson City, Nev. — A 23-year-old Carson City man was booked into jail Monday night on multiple alleged misdemeanor offenses after a traffic stop led to a hold for violations of Department of Alternative Sentencing (DAS) conditions, according to a booking report. At approximately 8 p.m., a Carson City Sheriff’s Office deputy was patrolling northbound…

Lyon County, Nev. — Emergency crews responded to a rollover crash involving a motorhome in Lyon County early Tuesday afternoon that left two people injured, one of them seriously. Lyon County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched around 12:20 p.m. on Jan. 14 after receiving reports that a motorhome had run off the roadway and overturned. Callers…

Sparks, Nev. — Sparks police have arrested an 18-year-old Reno man in connection with a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a juvenile earlier this week. Officers with the Major Accident Investigation Team located the suspected vehicle on Jan. 14. It was found parked and unoccupied on Summit Sierra Boulevard and seized as evidence as part…

Reno, Nev. — Authorities are investigating after a body was found in south Reno late Wednesday morning, according to the Nevada State Police. NSP said troopers, along with Capitol Police officers, located the unidentified body near South Virginia Street and Huffaker Lane at approximately 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. Officials did not say how long the body…

Sparks, Nev. — Nevada State Capitol Police investigated a suspicious package Wednesday morning after being discovered near the intersection of Battle Born and Galletti Ways, close to the Lake’s Crossing building in Sparks. The package was reported just after 9:30 a.m., prompting an immediate response from law enforcement. As a precaution, roads in the surrounding…

Harold Friends wrote about murder the way some men wrote about love, slowly, obsessively, and with the faint smell of whiskey and ash clinging to every sentence. He’d been publishing for twenty years, a dozen novels centered around the same man: Detective Claude Ryman, a brilliant, haunted investigator forever circling the mind of a killer…

Reno, Nev. — McQueen High School returned to normal operations Tuesday morning after school police investigated a reported threat that was later determined to be unfounded, according to the Washoe County School District. The incident occurred just after 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 13, when the school was placed on a “secured campus” status as a…

Commentary Hollywood, Cal. — Miss Jenny Lewis, formerly of the musical outfit Rilo Kiley, recently marked her fiftieth birthday by donning a wedding dress, affixing a veil, clutching a bouquet as though it were the last honest sentiment on Earth, and brace yourselves, pledging her troth to a cockapoo named Bobby Rhubarb. Yes, a dog.…

Las Vegas, Nev. — A former Fernley resident has been sentenced in a federal child pornography case, receiving time served followed by a lengthy period of supervision, according to court records. Kurtis Lee Solomon was sentenced Monday, Jan. 12, by U.S. District Judge Anne R. Traun to time served and 10 years of parole. The…

Sparks, Nev. — A juvenile was critically injured Tuesday afternoon after being struck by a black SUV near the intersection of Rock Boulevard and I Street, according to the Sparks Police Department. Police say the collision occurred around 2:40 p.m. The driver of the SUV did not stop and fled the scene before officers arrived,…