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 woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor during an argument Saturday had several disputes with others in the complex over the past month, police said.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a North Las Vegas man and woman who police said died in a murder-suicide on Oct. 9.
Las Vegas police say foul play is suspected in the death of Tiffany Booth.
Las Vegas police seek information on central Las Vegas apartment homicide.
A former professional football player charged in the death of his girlfriend’s 5-year-old daughter wants his bail, set at $500,000, lowered.
A driver charged in the death of a Las Vegas bicyclist had been released from prison less than four months ago.
A Metropolitan Police Department arrest report released Wednesday identified a taco shop employee who was fatally stabbed Sunday outside the business.
Police arrested a 43-year-old man accused of an Oct. 11 fatal stabbing that injured two other people, according to Metropolitan Police Department records.
A marijuana transaction erupted into deadly gunfire in northeast Las Vegas early Wednesday, police said.
Sara Keynejad was fatally shot when she was six months pregnant and waiting for her husband to finish his shift at a 7-Eleven on Valentine’s Day 1996.
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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.