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 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.
The homicide during a drug deal occurred Oct. 22, 2023, near East Charleston Boulevard and North 28th Street, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
A man died early Saturday morning after being stabbed in the east valley.
Las Vegas police accused a 21-year-old man in the shooting death of a person during a street marijuana deal late Tuesday, according to jail records.
Las Vegas police were investigating a homicide in an east valley neighborhood.
Las Vegas police investigated a shooting death after the victim was dropped off at a North Las Vegas hospital.
Police accused a man of killing two people outside a southeast valley business over a dispute he was having with another man he believed was sleeping with his wife.
The Clark County coroner’s office Thursday identified two women killed in a southeast Las Vegas convenience store shooting.
A shooting at a Las Vegas business early Tuesday morning that left two women dead and a man wounded is believed to have been targeted, police 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.