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 Las Vegas homeowner filed a new appeal of a $180,000 fine for allegedly renting his home through Airbnb, citing violations of his constitutional rights.
The student’s lawyers claim he was threatened, discriminated against at UNLV, amid taunts from pro-Palestinian protesters and inaction by the administration and Board of Regents.
A man has pleaded guilty in a 2023 shooting rampage when he fired 27 shots from an AR-15 rifle toward his girlfriend and her child inside their Las Vegas home.
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.
Three motorcyclists injured in a shooting by other motorcycle riders on U.S. Highway 95 in 2022 filed a lawsuit accusing a company of allowing the other riders to hide their bikes prior to the attack.
A woman filed a federal lawsuit against comedian Bill Cosby, claiming he sexually assaulted when she was a teen in the Elvis Presley suite at the former Las Vegas Hilton in 1986.
Sean Larimer, found guilty of misdemeanor DUI on Dec. 28 and was the driver in a Henderson crash that killed three teens in 2003, was arrested again on suspicion of DUI.
Raul Gil, a successful restaurateur with his Casa Don Juan Mexican eateries, is “very remorseful” as he is headed to federal prison for skimming $5 million in cash, evading federal and state taxes over four years.
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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.