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.
Just being in the courtroom with the motorist who killed 22-year-old Shyayn Bass horrified her grieving mother so much that she asked her sister to speak on her behalf during the man’s sentencing hearing.
Deobra Redden’s attorney, Carl Arnold, said that Redden was pleading not guilty by reason of insanity, and was invoking his right to a speedy trial.
Defense attorney Robert Draskovich said he wants a recording of a death threat sent to Jeff German before the reporter was killed.
District Judge Tierra Jones set a trial date for four teenagers facing charges as adults in connection with the fatal beating of a Rancho High School student.
The murder trial for a former elected official accused of killing Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German is scheduled to begin next month, but attorneys may still push back the case.
Alexander Smirnov will remain under electronic monitoring as he awaits a hearing on allegations that he lied about an alleged bribery scheme involving Joe Biden.
Michael Lasso, who helped stop an attack on a judge in a Las Vegas courtroom, will be recognized for his efforts by Mayor Carolyn Goodman.
A Las Vegas judge has postponed a murder trial date for Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the man accused of orchestrating the killing of hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur.
Plaintiff Toy Schneider claims lounge owners failed to take adequate security measures against shooting that killed one and injured 13 others.
Judge Mary Kaye Holthus told a Clark County grand jury that Deobra Redden “literally jumped that defense table and flew before I could even, and just slammed me into the wall,” according to transcripts.
Las Vegas is largely defined by its ability to defy expectations, and recent forecasts predicting a decline in its appeal to younger travelers are no exception. Contrary to these gloomy predictions, which suggest that an aging core visitor base might render the city’s 150,000 hotel rooms less appealing to new generations, the reality is strikingly […]
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.