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.
A man accused of stabbing two people at University Medical Center voiced a desire to harm himself and others, yet was apparently able to hide a knife in hospital bedding before the attacks.
A man accused of stabbing two people early Thursday at University Medical Center, killing one, has been jailed on suspicion of murder and other charges.
Phillip Gaines, 34, was booked Tuesday at the Clark County Detention Center on suspicion of attempted murder
A California man who stole credit card numbers and used them to purchase some $500,000 worth of tickets for events in Las Vegas was sentenced this week to five years in prison.
Court filings show Senior Judge Mark Gibbons sentenced Danielle Powers, 42, of Las Vegas, to three to eight years in the Nevada Department of Corrections.
The Nevada attorney general’s office will not appeal a reversal of Margaret Rudin’s murder conviction, and Clark County prosecutors have decided not to retry her.
A woman accused of causing a crash that killed a Las Vegas man and critically injured his son was formally charged Tuesday with driving under the influence.
A motorcycle gang member appeared in court Monday on charges that stem from a fatal stabbing in North Las Vegas.
A Las Vegas woman suspected of DUI drank five shots of tequila at a casino before being involved in a fatal crash, a prosecutor said.
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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.