Las Vegas investor and purported billionaire Jay Bloom is accused of taking money from investors to fund a cryptocurrency mining scheme in Arizona that he knew was not viable, according to a recent lawsuit.
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A woman was being held hostage at knife-point by a man when two Metropolitan Police Department officers fired their weapons late Saturday night.
A bill co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Susie Lee would put the weight of the federal government behind efforts to prosecute criminals taking part in organized retail theft.
Two-year-old Jacoby Robinson Jr. was last seen about 7:45 p.m. Thursday near Lewis Avenue and South 15th Street.
Prosecutors have dropped a slew of felony charges against a former member of a notorious Las Vegas gang, closing a case that has stretched on for more than three years.
Clyde Harris, 21, who allegedly ran a red light causing a crash that killed 36-year-old Marie Leatham-Davis in 2021, was arrested this month.
A male juvenile told detectives he met with the suspect for sex multiple times for cash, according to an arrest report.
The Nevada Department of Corrections prison owes more than $460,000 in attorney fees and about $7,500 to a prisoner who was denied cataract surgery.
Female plantiff in lawsuit alleges man tried to evict her twice after she refused to sign a form consenting to have sex with him for five years.
Gary Hargis, the former Henderson police union president, faces three misdemeanor counts related to his alleged involvement in an October hit-and-run crash.
Former owner Adolfo Orozco and former building manager Malinda Mier face manslaughter and other felony charges in the 2019 Alpine Motel Apartments fire that killed six people.
Two brothers who recently pleaded guilty to federal charges were indicted on murder charges Friday in connection with a body found at a Summerlin construction site.
When he was sentenced in a 2017 murder, the killer was ordered to pay $21,679 in restitution. But the victim’s family has yet to receive any restitution.
A 35-year-old man was sentenced to prison for pushing and fatally injuring an El Cortez security guard in 2021.
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A woman was being held hostage at knife-point by a man when two Metropolitan Police Department officers fired their weapons late Saturday night.
Former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, who is accused of killing Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, appeared in court again.
A 15-year-old was fatally shot in the northeast valley during what Las Vegas police described as a “drug transaction.”
The discovery was made about 9:40 p.m. in a neighborhood near Wetlands Park, police said.