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Brianna's Law one step closer to being passed
CARSON CITY -- Seconds after the Assembly narrowly approved a bill Monday requiring DNA to be collected upon booking for a felony arrest, Bridgette Zunino-Denison's phone buzzed. It was a text from Jayann Sepich, the mother of Katie Sepich who is the namesake of the federal version of the ...
Shooting simulation offered to help with gun safety
RENO -- Gun owners throughout Northern Nevada are taking aim at a new shooting simulation that goes beyond accuracy training. “People talk about the rights to gun ownership and what we talk about is the responsibility that goes with those rights,” says owner David Block. Reno’s Miscenarios is an ...
Police trying hard to prevent teenage drinking during end of school year
RENO -- Based on the end of the school year festivities and with the summer break only weeks away, an operation was put in place to target stores which sell alcohol and ensure alcohol is not being sold to minors. Last Friday, detectives assigned to the Regional Street Enforcement ...
50% fail in Wine Walk underage alcohol compliance operation
RENO -- An underage alcohol compliance operation conducted during this weekend's River Walk District Wine Walk resulted in half of the businesses failing. Members of the Regional Street Enforcement Team (SET) conducted an underage compliance operation during this weekend’s River Walk District’s Wine Walk. The operation was designed as ...
Teen dies from stabbing during fight
RENO -- Police are investigating a fight that occurred early Sunday morning that left one teen dead from stab wound. Sunday morning at around 1:15, Reno Police were summoned to the parking lot in the 5000 block of S. McCarran Blvd., near the Jack in the Box, on the ...
Do you live in one of the country's most dangerous cities?
The FBI has crunched the numbers and has found out which US cities are the most dangerous. The crimes looked at - violent crimes, murder, population and income. Some of the cities, like Detroit, are expected to be high on the list, but there are others that are included, or ...
Citizens' tips lead to arrests in online prostitution cases
RENO -- Two separate citizens’ tips, to the Regional Street Enforcement Team, results in arrest of a pimp in one case, and the recovery of a 17 year old juvenile in a second unrelated prostitution operation. Last Friday the Regional Street Enforcement Team (SET) received a tip from a ...
UPDATE: Suspect sought for attempting to lure child
SPARKS -- Police are making progress in the investigation into the attempted luring of a child by a man. The Sparks Police Department has developed updated suspect informatoin on this case. They now seem to have a description of the van tha was used. Description of Suspect Vehicle: ...
Washoe County Medical Examiner completes autopsies on Fernley homicide victims
RENO -- The Washoe County Medical Examiner and Coroner’s Office is assisting Lyon and Washoe County law enforcement following the five deaths earlier this week in Fernley and East Washoe County. Autopsies on the five victims in Monday’s homicide cases were completed yesterday by the Washoe County Medical Examiner ...
More efforts toward stopping taggers around Reno
RENO -- Driving through neighborhoods in Reno, it’s not uncommon to spot markings like these scribbled all over buildings. “And when it’s not getting removed you continue to see the graffiti and that adds to the sensation or the feeling that there’s crime in the neighborhood,” said Lieutenant Scott ...
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