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 March 5 attempted kidnapping led to the mid-April multiday barricade event, police said.
A 32-year-old man was arrested after he was accused of shooting and killing his neighbor, according to Las Vegas police.
Police officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 1900 block of Solana Del Norte Way.
The Clark County coroner’s office identified a 23-year-old man who died Tuesday near Carey Avenue and Commerce Street.
The mother of 17-year-old Jonathan Lewis, who was fatally beaten in November, gathered with a group of supporters outside the Regional Justice Center on Wednesday.
The shooting occurred around 11:45 a.m. Wednesday on the 1000 block of East Carey Avenue.
Distraught family members spoke fondly of a man who was killed Sunday at an east Las Vegas apartment complex, with police saying he was shot dead by his girlfriend’s son.
Isiah Robinson’s food truck was almost sold out Thursday during a fundraiser for the funeral expenses of Schinara Patterson, a 34-year-old mother, and two of her children, all of whom were shot to death Monday.
It occurred around 9:50 p.m. Wednesday in the 8300 block of Mulcahy Avenue.
Eight teens between the ages of 13 and 17 have been arrested in the video-recorded fatal mob beating of a 17-year-old Rancho High School student, Las Vegas police announced Tuesday.
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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.