Hooray for the elimination of serious crime in Southern Nevada! Let’s credit Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie for finally halting vehicle thefts, break-ins, gang violence and domestic disturbances. Heck, 9-1-1 dispatchers now take calls for lost pets and playground disputes between 2-year-olds — our local cops have that much time on their hands.
Maybe you don’t connect the licentiousness of Paris Hilton or Britney Spears to the construction bust on the Strip, but former U.S. Rep. John Kasich does.
LOS ANGELES — Authorities said Wednesday they have arrested 33 people, including three Las Vegas residents, in breaking up a crime ring in the U.S. and Egypt in which an elaborate “phishing” scam bilked bank customers out of at least $1 million.
J.P. Losman threw two touchdown passes, and Dede Dorsey scored twice Thursday night to help the Las Vegas Locomotives beat the California Redwoods 30-17.
Police in Nye County have arrested a Nevada corrections officer in connection with a pair of armed robberies at a Pahrump convenience store. Pahrump resident Vincent Matthew Czechorosky, 24, was taken into custody by the Nye County sheriff’s office early Wednesday morning after a car chase that ended with a deputy firing shots at the suspect’s vehicle.
